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Bharti N, Tatem AJ, Ferrari MJ, Grais RF, Djibo A, et al.

2011-12-09 • Science

Measles epidemics in West Africa cause a significant proportion of vaccine-preventable childhood mortality. Epidemics are strongly seasonal, but the drivers of these fluctuations are poo...

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Bharti N, Broutin H, Grais RF, Ferrari MJ, Djibo A, et al.

2011-10-05 • Epidemiology and Infection

Throughout the African meningitis belt, meningococcal meningitis outbreaks occur only during the dry season. Measles in Niger exhibits similar seasonality, where increased population den...

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Ferrari MJ, Djibo A, Grais RF, Bharti N, Grenfell BT, et al.

2010-09-22 • Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society

Seasonally driven cycles of incidence have been consistently observed for a range of directly transmitted pathogens. Though frequently observed, the mechanism of seasonality for directly...

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Nathan N, Borel T, Djibo A, Evans D, Djibo S, et al.

2008-04-14 • Lancet

BACKGROUND: In sub-Saharan Africa in the 1990s, more than 600,000 people had epidemic meningococcal meningitis, of whom 10% died. The current recommended treatment by WHO is short-course...

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Guerra J, Mayana B, Djibo A, Manzo ML, Augusto E, et al.

2012-05-14 • BMC Research Notes

In 2008, Africa accounted for 94% of the cholera cases reported worldwide. Although the World Health Organization currently recommends the oral cholera vaccine in endemic areas for high-...

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Page AL, Jusot V, Mamaty AA, Adamou L, Kaplon J, et al.

2014-04-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases

Knowledge of rotavirus epidemiology is necessary to make informed decisions about vaccine introduction and to evaluate vaccine impact. During April 2010–March 2012, rotavirus surveillanc...

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Lapidus N, Minetti A, Djibo A, Guerin JP, Hustache S, et al.

2009-01-29 • PLOS One

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In 2006, the Médecins sans Frontières nutritional program in the region of Maradi (Niger) included 68,001 children 6-59 months of age with either moderate or severe malnut...

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Blake A, Djibo A, Guindo O, Bharti N

2020-08-26 • Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Measles is a major cause of child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Current immunization strategies achieve low coverage in areas where transmission drivers differ substantially from thos...

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Isanaka S, Nombela N, Djibo A, Poupard M, Van Beckhoven D, et al.

2009-01-21 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)

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Ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTFs) are an important component of effective outpatient treatment of severe wasting. However, their effectiveness in the population-based pr...

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Isanaka S, Guindo O, Langendorf C, Matar Seck A, Plikaytis BD, et al.

2017-03-23 • New England Journal of Medicine

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Each year, rotavirus gastroenteritis is responsible for about 37% of deaths from diarrhea among children younger than 5 years of age worldwide, with a disproportionate eff...

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Borel T, Rose AMC, Guillerm M, Sidikou F, Gerstl S, et al.

2006-10-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

There is a great need for a rapid diagnostic test to guide vaccine choice during outbreaks of meningococcal meningitis in resource-poor countries. During a randomised clinical trial cond...

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Grais RF, Ferrari MJ, Dubray C, Bjørnstad ON, Grenfell BT, et al.

2006-09-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

The objective of this study is to estimate the effective reproductive ratio for the 2003-2004 measles epidemic in Niamey, Niger. Using the results of a retrospective and prospective stud...

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Grais RF, Dubray C, Gerstl S, Guthmann JP, Djibo A, et al.

2007-01-01 • PLOS Medicine

BACKGROUND: Despite the comprehensive World Health Organization (WHO)/United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) measles mortality-reduction strategy and the Measles Initiative, a partnersh...

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Grais RF, Conlan AJK, Ferrari MJ, Djibo A, Le Menach A, et al.

2008-01-06 • Journal of the Royal Society Interface

The current World Health Organization recommendations for response during measles epidemics focus on case management rather than outbreak response vaccination (ORV) campaigns, which may ...

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Coldiron ME, Salou H, Sidikou F, Goumbi K, Djibo A, et al.

2016-10-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases

We describe clinical symptoms, case-fatality rates, and prevalence of sequelae during an outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C infection in a rural district of Niger. During hom...

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Bharti N, Djibo A, Tatem AJ, McCabe CA, Bjørnstad ON, et al.

2010-09-01 • Epidemiology and Infection

Though largely controlled in developed countries, measles remains a major global public health issue. Regional and local transmission patterns are rooted in human mixing behaviour across...

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Ferrari MJ, Grais RF, Bharti N, Conlan AJK, Bjørnstad ON, et al.

2008-02-07 • Nature

Although vaccination has almost eliminated measles in parts of the world, the disease remains a major killer in some high birth rate countries of the Sahel. On the basis of measles dynam...

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Nackers F, Broillet F, Oumarou D, Djibo A, Gaboulaud V, et al.

2010-10-01 • Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Standard nutritional treatment of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) relies on fortified blended flours though their importance to treat this condition is a matter of discussion. With the...

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Pécoul B, Varaine FFV, Keita M, Soga G, Djibo A, et al.

1991-10-05 • Lancet

In most developing countries, bacterial meningitis (BM) is associated with a high case-fatality rate. The search for a simple, convenient, and inexpensive antibiotic treatment remains a ...

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Metcalf CJ, Klepac P, Ferrari MJ, Grais RF, Djibo A, et al.

2010-06-01 • Epidemiology and Infection

Measles vaccine efficacy is higher at 12 months than 9 months because of maternal immunity, but delaying vaccination exposes the children most vulnerable to measles mortality to infectio...

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Explaining seasonal fluctuations of measles in Niger using nighttime lights imagery

Spatial dynamics of meningococcal meningitis in Niger: observed patterns in comparison with measles

Rural-urban gradient in seasonal forcing of measles transmission in Niger

Ceftriaxone as effective as long-acting chloramphenicol in short-course treatment of meningococcal meningitis during epidemics: a randomised non-inferiority study

Evaluation and use of surveillance system data toward the identification of high-risk areas for potential cholera vaccination: a case study from Niger

Rotavirus Surveillance in Urban and Rural Areas of Niger, April 2010–March 2012

Mortality risk among children admitted in a large-scale nutritional program in Niger, 2006

Investigating persistent measles dynamics in Niger and associations with rainfall

Effect of preventive supplementation with ready-to-use therapeutic food on the nutritional status, mortality, and morbidity of children aged 6 to 60 months in Niger: a cluster randomized trial

Efficacy of a low-cost, heat-stable oral rotavirus vaccine in Niger

High sensitivity and specificity of the Pastorex latex agglutination test for Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A during a clinical trial in Niger

Estimating transmission intensity for a measles epidemic in Niamey, Niger: lessons for intervention

Unacceptably high mortality related to measles epidemics in Niger, Nigeria, and Chad

Time is of the essence: exploring a measles outbreak response vaccination in Niamey, Niger

Case-Fatality Rates and Sequelae Resulting from Neisseria Meningitidis Serogroup C Epidemic, Niger, 2015

Measles hotspots and epidemiological connectivity

The dynamics of measles in sub-Saharan Africa

Effectiveness of ready-to-use therapeutic food compared to a corn/soy-blend-based pre-mix for the treatment of childhood moderate acute malnutrition in Niger

Long-acting chloramphenicol versus intravenous ampicillin for treatment of bacterial meningitis

Modelling the first dose of measles vaccination: the role of maternal immunity, demographic factors, and delivery systems