Alcoba G, Ochoa C, Martins SB, Ruiz de Castañeda R, Bolon I, et al.
2021-02-12 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2021-02-12 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BACKGROUND Worldwide, it is estimated that snakes bite 4.5-5.4 million people annually, 2.7 million of which are envenomed, and 81,000-138,000 die. The World Health Organization repo...
Schramm B, Valeh P, Baudin E, Mazinda CS, Smith R, et al.
2013-07-17 • Malaria Journal
2013-07-17 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND Safety surveillance of widely used artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is essential, but tolerability data in the over five years age group are largely anecdotal.<...
Alcoba G, Chabloz M, Eyong J, Wanda F, Ochoa C, et al.
2020-06-25 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2020-06-25 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BACKGROUND Snakebite envenoming causes 81,000-138,000 annual human deaths and pain, terror, or disability in 4.5-5.4 million victims. Accurate community-based epidemiological data is...
Ashley EA, Touabi M, Ahrer M, Hutagalung R, Htun K, et al.
2009-10-27 • Malaria Journal
2009-10-27 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND: In areas where non-falciparum malaria is common rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) capable of distinguishing malaria species reliably are needed. Such tests are often based on the...
Porten K, Sailor K, Comte E, Njikap A, Sobry A, et al.
2009-06-23 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2009-06-23 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BACKGROUND: Buruli ulcer (BU) is a chronic, indolent necrotizing disease of the skin and underlying tissues caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, which may result in functional incapacity. I...
Taieb F, Dub T, Madec Y, Tondeur L, Chippaux JP, et al.
2018-10-25 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2018-10-25 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Snakebite has only recently been recognized as a neglected tropical disease by the WHO. Knowledge regarding snakebites and its care is poor both at the population level, and at the healt...
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...
The skin disease Buruli ulcer, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is the third most common mycobacterial disease after tuberculosis and leprosy and mainly affects remote rural African com...
O'Brien DP, Ford NP, Vitoria M, Christinet V, Comte E, et al.
2014-06-20 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2014-06-20 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
Buruli Ulcer (BU)-HIV co-infection is an important emerging management challenge for BU disease. Limited by paucity of scientific studies, guidance for management of this co-infection ha...
Christinet V, Comte E, Ciaffi L, Odermatt P, Serafini M, et al.
2014-05-21 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2014-05-21 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Background: Buruli ulcer (BU) is the third most common mycobacterial disease after tuberculosis and leprosy and is particularly frequent in rural West and Central Africa. However, the im...
Wanda F, Nkemenang P, Ehounou G, Tchaton M, Comte E, et al.
2014-07-30 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2014-07-30 • BMC Infectious Diseases
In West and Central Africa Buruli ulcer (BU) and HIV co-infection is increasingly recognised and management of these two diseases combined is an emerging challenge for which there is lit...
O'Brien DP, Comte E, Serafini M, Ehounou G, Antierens A, et al.
2013-12-02 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2013-12-02 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
Despite great advances in the diagnosis and treatment of Buruli ulcer, it is one of the least studied major neglected tropical diseases. In Africa, major constraints in the management of...
