Fajardo E, Metcalf CJ, Piriou E, Gueguen M, Maman D, et al.
2015-06-25 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2015-06-25 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE To estimate the proportion of invalid results generated by a CD4+ T-lymphocyte analyser used by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in field projects and identify factors associ...
Zachariah R, Reid SE, Chaillet P, Massaquoi M, Schouten EJ, et al.
2010-11-02 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2010-11-02 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
In this paper, we discuss the reasons why we urgently need a point-of-care (POC) CD4 test, elaborate the problems we have experienced with the current technology which hampers CD4-count ...
Williams A,
Amand M,
Van der Bergh R,
Antierens A,
Chaillet P
2019-06-24 • Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
2019-06-24 • Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
The capacity to rapidly distinguish Ebola virus disease from other infectious diseases and to monitor biochemistry and viremia levels is crucial to the clinical management of suspected E...
de la Vega MA, Bello A, Chaillet P, Kobinger GP
2016-05-13 • Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy
2016-05-13 • Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy
The magnitude of the 2014–2016 West African Ebola virus outbreak has highlighted the importance of immediate and rapid deployment of control measures in affected areas. While many prophy...
Ogundipe OF, Van der Bergh R, Thierry B, Takarinda KC, Muller CP, et al.
2019-08-15 • BMC Pediatrics
2019-08-15 • BMC Pediatrics
BACKGROUND:
In high syphilis prevalence settings, the syphilis testing and treatment strategy for mothers and newborns must be tailored to balance the risk of over treatment against...
Van der Bergh R, Chaillet P, Sow MS, Amand M, van Vyve C, et al.
2016-02-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
2016-02-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
Rapid diagnostic methods are essential in control of Ebola outbreaks and lead to timely isolation of cases and improved epidemiologic surveillance. Diagnosis during Ebola outbreaks in We...
Objectives
3.1 Primary objective
To evaluate the overall and site-specific performance of the diagnostic algorithm performed at 6
MSF African program sites (i.e. using R...
Chaillet P, Tayler-Smith K, Zachariah R, Duclos N, Moctar D, et al.
2010-09-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2010-09-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
With both HIV-1 and HV-2 prevalent in Guinea-Conakry, accurate diagnosis and differentiation is crucial for treatment purposes. Thus, four rapid HIV tests were evaluated for their HIV-1 ...
Fryland M, Chaillet P, Zachariah R, Barnaba A, Bonte L, et al.
2006-10-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2006-10-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
A study was conducted in rural Malawi to verify (a) whether the Partec CyFlow Counter((R)) for CD4+ T-cell lymphocyte counting in HIV-positive individuals could be introduced into a dist...
Farjardo E, Metcalf CJ, Chaillet P, Aleixo L, Pannus P, et al.
2014-05-01 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2014-05-01 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
HIV-1 viral load (VL) testing is not widely available in resource-limited settings. Use of finger-prick dried blood spot (FP-DBS) samples could remove barriers related to sample collecti...