O'Brien DP, Venis S, Greig J, Shanks L, Ellman T, et al.
2010-06-17 • Conflict and Health
2010-06-17 • Conflict and Health
INTRODUCTION Many countries ravaged by conflict have substantial morbidity and mortality attributed to HIV/AIDS yet HIV treatment is uncommonly available. Universal access to HIV car...
BACKGROUND: Artesunate and amodiaquine (AS&AQ) is at present the world's second most widely used artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT). It was necessary to evaluate the efficacy of...
Hepple P, Nguele P, Greig J, Bonnet MMB, Sizaire V
2010-09-21 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2010-09-21 • BMC Infectious Diseases
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Diagnostic options for pulmonary tuberculosis in resource-poor settings are commonly limited to smear microscopy. We investigated whether bleach concentration by se...
Sauvageot D, Schaefer MM, Olson D, Pujades-Rodriguez M, O'Brien DP
2010-05-01 • BMC Pediatrics
2010-05-01 • BMC Pediatrics
OBJECTIVE: We describe medium-term outcomes for young children receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-limited countries. METHODS: Analyses were conducted on surveillance data...
Greig J, O'Brien DP, Ford NP, Spelman T, Sabapathy K, et al.
2011-11-30 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
2011-11-30 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Vertical HIV programs have achieved good results but may not be feasible or appropriate in many resource-limited settings. Médecins sans Frontières has treated HIV in vertical programs s...
Kwedi Nolna S, Ntone R, Fouda Mbarga N, Mbainda S, Mutangala W, et al.
2020-11-17 • Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
2020-11-17 • Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
BACKGROUND Based on the premise that Africans in rural areas seek health care from traditional healers, this study investigated a collaborative model between traditional healers and...
Le Menach A, Llosa AE, Mouniaman I, Kouassi F, Ngala J, et al.
2011-08-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
2011-08-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
On November 4, 2010, the Republic of the Congo declared a poliomyelitis outbreak. A cross-sectional survey in Pointe-Noire showed poor sanitary conditions and low vaccination coverage (5...
The Pool region of the Republic of Congo is an isolated, conflict-affected area with under-resourced and poorly functioning health care services. Despite significant AIDS-related mortali...
Checchi F, Chappuis F, Karunakara U, Priotto G, Chandramohan D
2011-07-05 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2011-07-05 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Algorithms to diagnose gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, sleeping sickness) are often complex due to the unsatisfactory sensitivity and/or specificity of available tests, and...
Ashley EA, Pinoges LLP, Turyakira E, Dorsey G, Checchi F, et al.
2008-08-09 • Malaria Journal
2008-08-09 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND: Use of different methods for assessing the efficacy of artemisinin-based combination antimalarial treatments (ACTs) will result in different estimates being reported, with im...
Priotto G, Chappuis F, Bastard M, Flevaud L, Etard JF
2012-06-05 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2012-06-05 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Human African trypanosomiasis is fatal without treatment. The long post-treatment follow-up (24 months) required to assess cure complicates patient management and is a major obstacle in ...
Marshall C, Curtis A, Spelman T, O'Brien DP, Greig J, et al.
2013-07-23 • PLOS One
2013-07-23 • PLOS One
To identify associations between specific WHO stage 3 and 4 conditions diagnosed after ART initiation and all cause mortality for patients in resource-limited settings (RLS). DESIGN, SET...
Recent studies have highlighted the increased risk of adverse outcomes among older patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART). We report on the associations between older age and adverse o...
