Publications

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Biological diagnosis of meningococcal meningitis in the African meningitis belt: current epidemic strategy and new perspectives.

Abstract

Laboratory diagnosis is an essential component in surveillance of meningococcal epidemics, as it can inform decision-makers of the Neisseria meningitidis serogroup(s) involved and the most appropriate vaccine to be selected for mass vaccination.

Chanteau S Rose AM Djibo S Nato F Boisier P
Vaccine 2007 Sep 03; 25 Suppl 1 A30-6. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.04.037. Epub 2007 05 07

Outbreak of beriberi in a prison in Côte d'Ivoire.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: A beriberi outbreak occurred in the Maison d'Arrêt et de Correction d'Abidjan (MACA), a detention center in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, between October 2002 and April 2003.

Ahoua L Etienne W Fermon F Godain G Brown V Kadjo K Bouaffou K Legros D Guerin PJ
Food and nutrition bulletin 2007 Sep ; 28(3); 283-90. doi: 10.1177/156482650702800304. Epub 2008 01 22

Efficacy and safety of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine.

Abstract

Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine, a fixed-dose combination antimalarial, is an inexpensive, safe and highly effective treatment for uncomplicated falciparum or vivax malaria.

Myint HY Ashley EA Day NP Nosten F White NJ
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2007 Sep ; 101(9); 858-66. doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.05.018. Epub 2007 07 19

Electrocardiographic safety evaluation of dihydroartemisinin piperaquine in the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria.

Abstract

Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP) could become a leading fixed combination malaria treatment worldwide. Although there is accumulating evidence of efficacy and safety from clinical trials, data on cardiotoxicity are limited.

Mytton OT Ashley EA Peto L Price RN La Y Hae R Singhasivanon P White NJ Nosten F
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2007 Sep ; 77(3); 447-50. doi: . Epub 2007 11 05

Prevalence, determinants of positivity, and clinical utility of cryptococcal antigenemia in Cambodian HIV-infected patients.

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OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence, determinants ofpositivity, and clinical utility of serum cryptococcal polysaccharide (CPS) antigen testing among HIV-infected patients in 2004 in Cambodia, an area highly endemic for cryptococco

Micol R Lortholary O Sar B Laureillard D Ngeth C Dousset JP Chanroeun H Ferradini L Guerin PJ Dromer F Fontanet A
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2007 Aug 15; 45(5); 555-9. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31811ed32c. Epub 2007 10 10

Ecological study of socio-economic indicators and prevalence of asthma in schoolchildren in urban Brazil.

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BACKGROUND: There is evidence of higher prevalence of asthma in populations of lower socio-economic status in affluent societies, and the prevalence of asthma is also very high in some Latin American countries, where societies are char

da Cunha SS Pujades-Rodriguez M Barreto ML Genser B Rodrigues LC
BMC public health 2007 Aug 13; 7 205. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-205. Epub 2007 08 13

Community coverage of an antimalarial combination of artesunate and amodiaquine in Makamba Province, Burundi, nine months after its introduction.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In 2003, artesunate-amodiaquine (AS+AQ) was introduced as the new first-line treatment for uncomplicated malaria in Burundi. After confirmed diagnosis, treatment was delivered at subsidized prices in public health centres.

Gerstl S Cohuet S Edoh K Brasher C Lesage A Guthmann JP Checchi F
Malaria journal 2007 Jul 18; 6 94. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-94. Epub 2007 07 18

Short communication: antituberculosis drug-induced hepatotoxicity is unexpectedly low in HIV-infected pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Malawi.

Abstract

The proportion of patients with antituberculosis drug-induced hepatotoxicity (ATDH) was unexpectedly low during a trial on cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in Malawian HIV-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients.

Tostmann A Boeree MJ Harries AD Sauvageot D Banda HT Zijlstra EE
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 2007 Jul ; 12(7); 852-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01871.x. Epub 2007 08 13

Optimisation of the T-square sampling method to estimate population sizes.

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Population size and density estimates are needed to plan resource requirements and plan health related interventions. Sampling frames are not always available necessitating surveys using non-standard household sampling methods.

Bostoen K Chalabi Z Grais RF
Emerging themes in epidemiology 2007 Jun 01; 4 7. doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-4-7. Epub 2007 06 01