The Lancet. Infectious diseases 2021 08 ; 21(8); 1064-1065. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00388-1. Epub 2021 08 03
Publications
Performance of six rapid diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2 antigen detection and implications for practical use.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Direct detection of SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins in nasopharyngeal swabs using lateral flow immunoassays is a simple, fast and cheap approach to diagnose the infection.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology 2021 Jul 25; 142 104930. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2021.104930. Epub 2021 07 25
Antigen assay
COVID-19
Diagnostic
Rapid diagnostic test
SARS-CoV-2
Screening
Nature 2021 Jul ; 595(7865); 30. doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-01784-4. Epub 2021 06 30
Developing world
Government
Public health
Burden of Risk Factors for Cervical Cancer Among Women Living in East Africa: An Analysis of the Latest Demographic Health Surveys Conducted Between 2014 and 2017.
Abstract
PURPOSE: In East Africa, cervical cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among women diagnosed with cancer.
JCO global oncology 2021 Jul ; 7 1116-1128. doi: 10.1200/GO.21.00123. Epub 2021 07 15
Cervical Cancer
Rotavirus vaccine efficacy up to 2 years of age and against diverse circulating rotavirus strains in Niger: Extended follow-up of a randomized controlled trial.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Rotavirus vaccination is recommended in all countries to reduce the burden of diarrhea-related morbidity and mortality in children.
PLoS medicine 2021 Jul ; 18(7); e1003655. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003655. Epub 2021 07 02
Serologic response to SARS-CoV-2 in an African population.
Abstract
Official case counts suggest Africa has not seen the expected burden of COVID-19 as predicted by international health agencies, and the proportion of asymptomatic patients, disease severity, and mortality burden differ significantly in Africa from what
Scientific African 2021 Jul ; 12 e00802. doi: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2021.e00802. Epub 2021 05 30
Africa
COVID-19
Immunoglobulin
Rapid diagnostic tests
Serology
An intensive model of care for hepatitis C virus screening and treatment with direct-acting antivirals in people who inject drugs in Nairobi, Kenya: A model-based cost-effectiveness analysis.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment is essential for eliminating HCV in people who inject drugs (PWID) but has limited coverage in resource-limited settings.
Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2021 Jun 29; doi: 10.1111/add.15630. Epub 2021 06 29
HCV
cost-effectiveness
direct-acting antiviral treatment
low-income setting
people who inject drugs
Population pharmacokinetics and significant under-dosing of anti-tuberculosis medications in people with HIV and Critical Illness.
Abstract
Critical illness from tuberculosis (TB) bloodstream infection results in a high case fatality rate for people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Critical illness can lead to altered pharmacokinetics and suboptimal drug exposures.
Antibiotics 2021, 10(6), 739; https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10060739
Tuberculosis
HIV
Regional sequencing collaboration reveals persistence of the T12 O1 lineage in West Africa.
Abstract
Background: Despite recent insights into cholera transmission patterns in Africa, regional and local dynamics in West Africa-where cholera outbreaks occur every few years-are still poorly understood.
eLife 2021 Jun 18; 10 doi: 10.7554/eLife.65159. Epub 2021 06 18
Vibrio cholerae
West Africa
antimicrobial resistance
epidemiology
genetics
genomics
global health
transmission
All-oral longer regimens are effective for the management of multidrug resistant tuberculosis in high burden settings.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Recent World Health Organisation guidance on drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment de-prioritised injectable agents, in use for decades, and endorsed all-oral longer regimens.
The European respiratory journal 2021 Jun 17; doi: 10.1183/13993003.04345-2020. Epub 2021 06 17