Rose AMC, Mueller JE, Gerstl S, Njanpop-Lafourcade BM, Page AL, et al.
2010-06-11 • PLOS One
2010-06-11 • PLOS One
Meningococcal meningitis outbreaks occur every year during the dry season in the "meningitis belt" of sub-Saharan Africa. Identification of the causative strain is crucial before launchi...
The state of Bihar in India carries the largest share of the world's burden of antimony-resistant visceral leishmaniasis. We analysed clinical studies done in Bihar with different treatm...
Gerstl S, Dunkley S, Mukhtar A, de Smet M, Baker S, et al.
2010-01-21 • Malaria Journal
2010-01-21 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND Most malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) use HRP2 detection, including Paracheck-Pf(R), but their utility is limited by persistent false positivity after treatment. PLDH...
Rose AMC, Gerstl S, Mahamane AE, Sidikou F, Djibo S, et al.
2009-10-05 • PLOS One
2009-10-05 • PLOS One
The Pastorex((R)) (BioRad) rapid agglutination test is one of the main rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for meningococcal disease currently in use in the "meningitis belt". Earlier evaluati...
Gerstl S, Dunkley S, Mukhtar A, Maes P, de Smet M, et al.
2010-04-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2010-04-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
OBJECTIVE Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) runs a malaria control project in Bo and Pujehun districts (population 158 000) that includes the mass distribution, routine delivery and dem...
Gerstl S, Lee L, Nesbitt RC, Mambula C, Sugianto H, et al.
2022-02-14 • BMC Public Health
2022-02-14 • BMC Public Health
BACKGROUND Cervical cancer (CC) is the fourth most common cancer among women worldwide and Malawi has the world's highest rate of cervical cancer related mortality. Since 2016 the Na...
Gerstl S, Grandesso F, Siddiqui R, Greig J, du Cros PAK, et al.
2022-10-25
2022-10-25
Ce modèle doit être utilisé comme cadre pour écrire votre protocole d'enquête de mortalité contextualisée. Il a été pré-approuvé par le comité de révision éthique de MSF le 12 juillet 20...
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
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...
Coulborn RM, Gebrehiwot TG, Schneider M, Gerstl S, Adera C, et al.
2018-11-08 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2018-11-08 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Ethiopia bears a high burden of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Early access to VL diagnosis and care improves clinical prognosis and reduces transmission from infected humans; however, sig...
Grais RF, Dubray C, Gerstl S, Guthmann JP, Djibo A, et al.
2007-01-01 • PLOS Medicine
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...
2007-02-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2007-02-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
OBJECTIVE: To facilitate the choice of the best visceral leishmaniasis (VL) treatment strategy for first-line health services in (VL)-endemic areas, we compared in a formal decision anal...
BACKGROUND Cervical cancer can be prevented with HPV vaccination and precancer screening. Malawi is the country with the second highest cervical cancer (CC) incidence and CC-related ...
Gerstl S, Kiwila G, Dhorda M, Lonlas S, Myatt M, et al.
2009-07-22 • PLOS One
2009-07-22 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND: Until the 1970s the prevalence of non-venereal trepanomatosis, including yaws, was greatly reduced after worldwide mass treatment. In 2005, cases were again reported in the D...
Gerstl S, Dunkley S, Mukhtar A, Baker S, Maikere J
2010-05-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2010-05-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
A study to measure adherence to artesunate and amodiaquine (AS+AQ) therapy in patients treated for uncomplicated malaria in community health centres (CHC) was conducted in Sierra Leone. ...
Gerstl S, Namagana A, Palacios L, Mweshi F, Aprile S, et al.
2015-10-19 • Malaria Journal
2015-10-19 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND In resource-poor settings, treatment adherence is a major determinant of response to anti-malarial drugs as most are taken at home without medical supervision. Evidence on...
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...
