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Letter

High mortality in displaced populations of northern Uganda

Nathan N, Tatay M, Piola P, Lake S, Brown V
2004-04-24 • Lancet
2004-04-24 • Lancet
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Research

Trypanosoma brucei gambiense trypanosomiasis in Terego county, Northern Uganda, 1996: a lot quality assurance sampling survey

Hutin Y, Legros D, Owini V, Brown V, Lee EC,  et al.
2004-04-01 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2004-04-01 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
We estimated the pre-intervention prevalence of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (Tbg) trypanosomiasis using the lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS) methods in 14 parishes of Terego County...
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Research

Highly drug-resistant pathogens implicated in burn-associated bacteremia in an Iraqi burn care unit

Ronat JB, Kakol J, Khoury M, Yun O, Brown V,  et al.
2014-08-11 • PLOS One
2014-08-11 • PLOS One
In low- and middle-income countries, bloodstream infections are an important cause of mortality in patients with burns. Increasingly implicated in burn-associated infections are highly d...
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Letter

Rapid assessment of mortality and malnutrition in Afghanistan

Piola P, Tachon JL, Brown V, Ligozat L, Veyrier E,  et al.
2002-09-11 • JAMA
2002-09-11 • JAMA
To the Editor: In November 2001 the possibility of widespread malnutrition was reported in Ghor province, Afghanistan, particularly in the Chaghcharan district, which had received no ext...
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Research

Are rapid population estimates accurate? a field trial of two different assessment methods

Grais RF, Coulombier D, Ampuero J, Lucas MES, Barretto AT,  et al.
2006-09-01 • Disasters
2006-09-01 • Disasters
Emergencies resulting in large-scale displacement often lead to populations resettling in areas where basic health services and sanitation are unavailable. To plan relief-related activit...
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Research

Treatment of severe malnutrition with 2-day intramuscular ceftriaxone vs 5-day amoxicillin

Dubray C, Ibrahim SA, Abdelmutalib M, Guerin PJ, Dantoine F,  et al.
2008-03-01 • Annals of Tropical Paediatrics
2008-03-01 • Annals of Tropical Paediatrics
BACKGROUND: Systemic antibiotics are routinely prescribed for severe acute malnutrition (SAM). However, there is no consensus regarding the most suitable regimen. In a therapeutic feedin...
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Research

Death rates from malaria epidemics, Burundi and Ethiopia

Guthmann JP, Bonnet MMB, Ahoua L, Dantoine F, Balkan S,  et al.
2007-01-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
2007-01-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
Death rates exceeded emergency thresholds at 4 sites during epidemics of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Burundi (2000-2001) and in Ethiopia (2003-2004). Deaths likely from malaria rang...
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Research

Clinical presentation of louse-borne relapsing fever among Ethiopian refugees in northern Somalia

Brown V, Larouze B, Desve G, Rousset JJ, Thibon M,  et al.
1988-10-01 • Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology
1988-10-01 • Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology
Louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) is still endemic among Ethiopian populations. In order to assess the clinical presentation of LBRF in an Ethiopian refugee camp in northern Somalia, a ...
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Research

[Management of cholera epidemics in a refugee camp]

Brown V, Jacquier G, Bachy C, Bitar D, Legros D
2002-12-01 • Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique
2002-12-01 • Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique
Cholera epidemics in refugee camps represent a major public health emergency. In camps, precarious living conditions contribute to the transmission of the vibrio. Among the major epidemi...
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Research

Mortality and malnutrition among populations living in South Darfur, Sudan: results of 3 surveys, September 2004

Grandesso F, Sanderson F, Kruijt J, Koene T, Brown V
2005-03-23 • JAMA
2005-03-23 • JAMA
CONTEXT
Mass violence against civilians in the west of Sudan has resulted in the displacement of more than 1.5 million people (25% of the population of the Darfur region). Most of th...
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Research

Violence and mortality in West Darfur, Sudan (2003-04): epidemiological evidence from four surveys

Depoortere E, Checchi F, Broillet F, Gerstl S, Minetti A,  et al.
2004-10-14 • Lancet
2004-10-14 • Lancet
BACKGROUND: Violence in Darfur, Sudan, has rendered more than one million people internally displaced. An epidemiological study of the effect of armed incursions on mortality in Darfur w...
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Letter

Cholera outbreak during massive influx of Rwandan returnees in November, 1996

Brown V, Reilley B, Ferrir MC, Gabaldon J, Manoncourt S
1997-01-18 • Lancet
1997-01-18 • Lancet
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Commentary

Health and war in Congo-Brazzaville

Salignon P, Cabrol JC, Liu J, Legros D, Brown V,  et al.
2000-11-18 • Lancet
2000-11-18 • Lancet
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Research

Outbreak of Beriberi in a Prison in Côte d'Ivoire

Ahoua L, Etienne W, Fermon F, Godain G, Brown V,  et al.
2007-09-01 • Food and Nutrition Bulletin
2007-09-01 • Food and Nutrition Bulletin
BACKGROUND: A beriberi outbreak occurred in the Maison d'Arrêt et de Correction d'Abidjan (MACA), a detention center in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, between October 2002 and April 2003. OBJEC...