Eyong J, Fai KN, Nikolay B, Gignoux EM, Nsaibirini R, et al.
2023-10-04 • Scientific African
2023-10-04 • Scientific African
BACKGROUND Although the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa did not produce the expected catastrophe, the true impact of COVID-19 in the Cameroonian population was unclear....
BACKGROUND To confirm presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, some tuberculosis culture laboratories still rely on para-nitrobenzoic acid (PNB), a traditional technique that ...
Mbaye R, Gebeyehu R, Hossmann S, Mbarga NF, Bih-Neh E, et al.
2019-10-18 • BMJ Global Health
2019-10-18 • BMJ Global Health
INTRODUCTION Africa contributes little to the biomedical literature despite its high burden of infectious diseases. Global health research partnerships aimed at addressing Africa-end...
Kaida A, Kabakyenga JK, Bwana M, Bajunirwe F, Muyindike WR, et al.
2019-08-15 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
2019-08-15 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Many men with HIV express fertility intentions and nearly half have HIV-uninfected sexual partners. We measured partner pregnancy among a cohort of men accessing antiretroviral therapy (...
Castillo-Mancilla JR, Morrow M, Boum Y II, Byakwaga H, Haberer JE, et al.
2018-01-16 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
2018-01-16 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Residual systemic inflammation persists despite suppressive antiretroviral therapy (ART) and is associated with non-AIDS clinical outcomes. We aimed to evaluate the association between A...
Bebell LM, Kembabazi A, Musinguzi N, Martin JN, Hunt PW, et al.
2021-12-01 • SSM - Mental Health
2021-12-01 • SSM - Mental Health
Depression affects over 40% of people with HIV (PHIV) in low- and middle-income countries, and over half of PHIV report HIV-related internalized stigma. However, few longitudinal studies...
le Polain de Waroux O, Cohuet S, Ndazima D, Kucharski AJ, Juan-Giner A, et al.
2018-04-11 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2018-04-11 • BMC Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND Quantification of human interactions relevant to infectious disease transmission through social contact is central to predict disease dynamics, yet data from low-resource ...
Ménard D, Khim N, Beghain J, Adegnika AA, Alam MS, et al.
2016-06-23 • New England Journal of Medicine
2016-06-23 • New England Journal of Medicine
Recent gains in reducing the global burden of malaria are threatened by the emergence of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to artemisinins. The discovery that mutations in portions of a P...
Orikiriza P, Nansumba M, Nyehangane D, Bastard M, Mugisha IT, et al.
2018-05-08 • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
2018-05-08 • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
The Xpert MTB/RIF assay is a major advance for diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in high-burden countries but is limited in children by their difficulty to produce sputum. We investigated T...
Oloya S, Lyczkowski D, Orikiriza P, Irama M, Boum Y II, et al.
2020-07-02 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2020-07-02 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background
While congenital syphilis is a significant public health problem that can cause severe disabilities, little is known about the situation in Uganda. We describe prevalence...
Language barriers have serious consequences in science, causing inequality for under-represented communities, making non-English-language knowledge inaccessible, and impeding the uptake ...
Gignoux EM, Sontsa OT, Mudasiru A, Eyong J, Ntone R, et al.
2020-11-30 • Conflict and Health
2020-11-30 • Conflict and Health
Background
In 2017, Field access was considerably limited in the Far North region of Cameroon due to the conflict. Médecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in collaboration with Ministry of h...
Mbarga NF, Epee E, Mbarga M, Ouamba P, Nanda H, et al.
2021-05-12 • PLOS One
2021-05-12 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND A year after the COVID-19 pandemic started, there are still few scientific reports on COVID-19 in Africa. This study explores the clinical profiles and factors associated ...
Bryant JE, Azman AS, Ferrari MJ, Arnold BF, Boni MF, et al.
2020-05-19 • Science Immunology
2020-05-19 • Science Immunology
Serological testing for SARS-CoV-2 has enormous potential to contribute to COVID-19 pandemic response efforts. However, the required performance characteristics of antibody tests will cr...
Schramm B, Valeh P, Baudin E, Mazinda CS, Smith R, et al.
2013-07-17 • Malaria Journal
2013-07-17 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND Prospective efficacy monitoring of anti-malarial treatments is imperative for timely detection of resistance development. The in vivo efficacy of artesunate-amodiaquine (A...
Musinguzi N, Castillo-Mancilla JR, Morrow M, Byakwaga H, Mawhinney S, et al.
2019-12-01 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS)
2019-12-01 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS)
BACKGROUND Residual systemic inflammation, which is associated with non-AIDS clinical outcomes, may persist despite viral suppression. We assessed the effect of antiretroviral therap...
