Briand, Valérie Cottrell, Gilles Tuike Ndam, Nicaise Martiáñez-Vendrell, Xavier Vianou, Bertin Mama, Atika Kouwaye, Bienvenue Houzé, Sandrine Bailly, Justine Gbaguidi, Erasme
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Malaria Journal
BackgroundWhile sub-microscopic malarial infections are frequent and potentially deleterious during pregnancy, routine molecular detection is still not feasible. This study aimed to assess the performance of a Histidine Rich Protein 2 (HRP2)-based ultrasensitive rapid diagnostic test (uRDT, Alere Malaria Ag Pf) for the detection of infections of lo...
deguenon, jean m. azondekon, roseric agossa, fiacre r. padonou, gil g. anagonou, rodrigue ahoga, juniace n’dombidje, boris akinro, bruno stewart, david a. wang, bo
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Malaria is the deadliest mosquito-borne disease and kills predominantly people in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The now widespread mosquito resistance to pyrethroids, with rapidly growing resistance to other insecticide classes recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), may overturn the successes gained in mosquito control in recent years. It ...
Togun, Toyin Kampmann, Beate Stoker, Neil Graham Lipman, Marc
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Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
The COVID-19 pandemic has currently overtaken every other health issue throughout the world. There are numerous ways in which this will impact existing public health issues. Here we reflect on the interactions between COVID-19 and tuberculosis (TB), which still ranks as the leading cause of death from a single infectious disease globally. There may...
Ihekweazu, Chikwe Agogo, Emmanuel
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BMC Medicine
Bell, Griffin J Loop, Matthew Topazian, Hillary M Hudgens, Michael Mvalo, Tisungane Juliano, Jonathan J Kamthunzi, Portia Tegha, Gerald Mofolo, Innocent Hoffman, Irving
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Vaccine
RTS,S/AS01, the most advanced vaccine against malaria, is now undergoing pilot implementation in Malawi, Ghana, and Kenya where an estimated 360,000 children will be vaccinated each year. In this study we evaluate RTS,S/AS01 alongside bed net use and estimate cost-effectiveness. RTS,S/AS01 phase III trial and bed net prevalence data were used to de...
Bertho, Elara Rodet, Marie
Although a key figure in West African historiography, Djiguiba Camara has remained almost completely unknown. Completed in 1955, Essay on Local History focuses on the history of Upper Guinea with an emphasis on the Empire of Samori Touré and anticolonial resistance.Everywhere in Essay on Local History we can see not only the highly developed craft ...
nyataya, josphat waitumbi, john mobegi, victor a. noreddin, ayman el zowalaty, mohamed e.
Malaria remains the biggest threat to public health, especially among pregnant women and young children in sub-Saharan Africa. Prompt and accurate diagnosis is critical for effective case management and detection of drug resistance. Conventionally, microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are the tools of choice for malaria diagnosis. RDTs are ...
phiri, darius simwanda, matamyo nyirenda, vincent murayama, yuji ranagalage, manjula
Decision tree (DT) algorithms are important non-parametric tools used for land cover classification. While different DTs have been applied to Landsat land cover classification, their individual classification accuracies and performance have not been compared, especially on their effectiveness to produce accurate thresholds for developing rulesets f...
bulterys, michelle a. mujugira, andrew nakyanzi, agnes nampala, miriam taasi, geoffrey celum, connie sharma, monisha
Background: Secondary distribution of HIV self-testing kits (HIVST) to pregnant women attending antenatal care (ANC) clinics to give to their male partners is a promising strategy to increase testing coverage among men, but its costs are unknown. Methods: We conducted micro-costing of a trial evaluating secondary distribution of HIVST on pregnant w...
Bekono, Boris D. Ntie-Kang, Fidele Onguéné, Pascal Amoa Lifongo, Lydia L. Sippl, Wolfgang Fester, Karin Owono, Luc C. O.
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Malaria Journal
BackgroundAfrican Traditional Medicine (ATM) is used for the healthcare of about 80% of the rural populations of the continent of Africa. The practices of ATM make use of plant-products, which are known to contain plant-based secondary metabolites or natural products (NPs), likely to play key roles in drug discovery, particularly as lead compounds....
