Kay, Andrea U. Fuller, Dorian Q. Neumann, Katharina Eichhorn, Barbara Höhn, Alexa Morin-Rivat, Julie Champion, Louis Linseele, Veerle Huysecom, Eric Ozainne, Sylvain
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Journal of World Prehistory
Many societal and environmental changes occurred between the 2nd millennium BC and the middle of the 2nd millennium AD in western Africa. Key amongst these were changes in land use due to the spread and development of agricultural strategies, which may have had widespread consequences for the climate, hydrology, biodiversity, and ecosystem services...
Colavita, F Biava, M Mertens, P Gilleman, Q Borlon, C Delli Guanti, M Petrocelli, A Cataldi, G Kamara, A T Kamara, S A
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Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Efficient interruption of Ebola virus disease (EVD) transmission chains critically depends on reliable and fast laboratory diagnosis. We evaluated the performance of the EBOLA Virus Antigen Detection K-SeT (EBOLA Ag K-SeT), a new rapid diagnostic antigen test in field settings. The study was conducted in a field laboratory located in Freetown (Sier...
Gunawardena, Nathali Bishwajit, Ghose Yaya, Sanni
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Frontiers in public health
For exploring maternal death, supply and demand-side factors can be characterized by the three delays model developed by Thaddeus and Maine (1994). The model comprises delay in deciding to seek care (delay 1), delay in reaching the health facility (delay 2), and delay in receiving quality care once at the health facility (delay 3). Few studies have...
Undurraga, Eduardo A. Carias, Cristina Meltzer, Martin I. Kahn, Emily B.
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Infectious Diseases of Poverty
BackgroundThe 2014–2016 Ebola crisis in West Africa had approximately eight times as many reported deaths as the sum of all previous Ebola outbreaks. The outbreak magnitude and occurrence of multiple Ebola cases in at least seven countries beyond Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea, hinted at the possibility of broad-scale transmission of Ebola.Main ...
Kabore, Wendyam Charles Paulin Didier
Au Burkina Faso, le taux populationnel de césariennes reste encore faible (2% en 2012). Cependant, depuis l’exemption partielle (80%) pour les familles du paiement à l’acte en 2006, et la mise à disposition de médecins généralistes, sages-femmes et infirmiers formés à la pratique des césariennes dans les hôpitaux les plus reculés, on observe une au...
De Weyer, Louis
Ounjougou stratigraphic sequence is the most complete record in Western Africa for the Middle Pleistocene. This paper focuses on the lithic industry unearthed in the lowest levels of the sequence. Despite the impossibility to fix the dating of those layers, the assemblage clearly presents Oldowan features. A strong erosive process, combined to the ...
Zongo, Bilassé Zongo, Frédéric Toguyeni, Aboubacar Boussim, Joseph I.
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Journal of Forestry Research
Forest ecosystems help conserve the quality of water resources in aquatic habitats. The conservation of biological diversity in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems remains a communal concern. Aquatic ecosystems and resources are vulnerable but can be preserved and protected by forests. In sub-Saharan regions of Africa, water from ecosystems such as ...
Poirier, Philippe Doderer-Lang, Cécile Atchade, Pascal S. Lemoine, Jean-Philippe de l’Isle, Marie-Louise Coquelin Abou-bacar, Ahmed Pfaff, Alexander W. Brunet, Julie Arnoux, Lydia Haar, Elodie
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Malaria Journal
BackgroundPlasmodium vivax is considered to be absent from western Africa, where the prevalence of Duffy-negative red blood cell phenotype proves to be high. Several studies have, however, detected P. vivax infection cases in this part of Africa, raising the question of what is the actual prevalence of P. vivax in local populations.MethodsThe prese...
Poirier, Philippe Doderer-Lang, Cécile Atchade, Pascal S Lemoine, Jean-Philippe de l'Isle, Marie-Louise Coquelin Abou-Bacar, Ahmed Pfaff, Alexander W Brunet, Julie Arnoux, Lydia Haar, Elodie
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Malaria journal
The results of the present study highlight an unexpectedly high exposure of Beninese subjects to P. vivax, resulting in sub-microscopic infections. This suggests a probably underestimated and insidious parasite presence in western Africa. While the vaccination campaigns and therapeutic efforts are all focused on Plasmodium falciparum, it is also es...
Vanhecke, C Le-Gall, P Le Breton, M Malvy, D
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Medecine et maladies infectieuses
Pentastomiasis is a rare zoonotic infection but it is frequently observed in Africa and Asia. Most human infections are caused by members of the Armillifer armillatus species. They are responsible for visceral pentastomiasis in Western and Central Africa. Humans may be infected by eating infected undercooked snake meat or by direct contact with an ...
