Ménard D, Khim N, Beghain J, Adegnika AA, Alam MS, et al.
2016-06-23 • New England Journal of Medicine
2016-06-23 • New England Journal of Medicine
Recent gains in reducing the global burden of malaria are threatened by the emergence of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to artemisinins. The discovery that mutations in portions of a P...
Kim S, Orikiriza P, Acuña-Villaorduña C, Vinhas S, Bonnet MMB, et al.
2016-03-30 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2016-03-30 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Sputum acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear microscopy has suboptimal sensitivity but remains the most commonly used laboratory test to diagnose pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). We prospectively ev...
Rossi G, Van der Bergh R, Nguon C, Debackere M, Vernaeve L, et al.
2017-09-04 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2017-09-04 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
Reactive case detection around falciparum malaria cases in Cambodia presents a low output. We improved it by including individuals occupationally coexposed with index case patients and u...
Rossi G, Vernaeve L, Van der Bergh R, Nguon C, Debackere M, et al.
2018-01-18 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2018-01-18 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
In the frame of elimination strategies of Plasmodium falciparum (Pf), active case detection has been recommended as complementary approach to the existing passive case detection programs...
Acuña-Villaorduña C, Orikiriza P, Nyehangane D, White LJ, Mwanga-Amumpaire J, et al.
2017-04-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2017-04-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
SETTING In early studies, Xpert® MTB/RIF accurately detected culture-proven pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Recent reports have, however, found a lower than expected specificity in prev...
2015-01-05 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2015-01-05 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
In the context of malaria elimination, novel strategies for detecting very low malaria parasite densities in asymptomatic individuals are needed. One of the major limitations of the mala...