Neri A, Roy J, Jarrett J, Pan Y, Dooyema CA, et al.
2013-11-25 • International Journal of Environmental Health Research
2013-11-25 • International Journal of Environmental Health Research
Investigators developed and evaluated a dilution method for the LeadCare II analyzer (LCII) for blood lead levels >65 μg/dL, the analyzer's maximum reporting value. Venous blood samples ...
Dooyema CA, Neri A, Lo YC, Durant JF, Dargan PI, et al.
2011-12-20 • Environmental Health Perspectives
2011-12-20 • Environmental Health Perspectives
BACKGROUND In May 2010, a team of national and international organizations was assembled to investigate children's deaths due to lead poisoning in villages in northwestern Nigeria. <...
Thurtle N, Greig J, Cooney L, Amitai Y, Ariti C, et al.
2014-10-07 • PLOS Medicine
2014-10-07 • PLOS Medicine
In 2010, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) discovered extensive lead poisoning impacting several thousand children in rural northern Nigeria. An estimated 400 fatalities had occurred over 3...
Beatty ME, Hunsperger E, Long E, Schürch J, Jain S, et al.
2007-02-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
2007-02-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
After Hurricane Jeanne in September 2004, surveillance for mosquitoborne diseases in Gonaïves, Haiti, identified 3 patients with malaria, 2 with acute dengue infections, and 2 with acute...