Hutin Y, Legros D, Owini V, Brown V, Lee EC, et al.
2004-04-01 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2004-04-01 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
We estimated the pre-intervention prevalence of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (Tbg) trypanosomiasis using the lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS) methods in 14 parishes of Terego County...
Cavailler P, Perroud V, Mcchesney M, Ampuero S, Guerin PJ, et al.
2006-05-29 • Vaccine
2006-05-29 • Vaccine
We conducted a study to assess the feasibility and the potential vaccine coverage of a mass vaccination campaign using a two-dose oral cholera vaccine in an urban endemic neighbourhood o...
Iyer AS, Ryan ET, Martin S, Legros D, Lessler J, et al.
2016-10-24 • Scientific Reports
2016-10-24 • Scientific Reports
Despite recent large-scale cholera outbreaks, little is known about the immunogenicity of oral cholera vaccines (OCV) in African populations, particularly among those at highest cholera ...
Guthmann JP, Kasparian S, Phetsouvanh R, Nathan N, Garcia MG, et al.
2002-09-01 • Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology
2002-09-01 • Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology
To assess the local efficacy of chloroquine for the treatment of acute, uncomplicated, Plasmodium falciparum malaria, children and adults from Sekong province (an area of Laos with a low...
Nathan N, Borel T, Djibo A, Evans D, Djibo S, et al.
2008-04-14 • Lancet
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...
Legros D, Fournier C, Gastellu-Etchegorry M, Maiso F, Szumilin E
1999-07-01 • Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique
1999-07-01 • Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique
The failure rate of melarsoprol after treatment of late stage cases of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) is usually under 7%, even though the drug has been used for such treatment over...
D Mello Guyett L, Gallandat K, Van der Bergh R, Taylor DL, Bulit G, et al.
2020-01-08 • PLOS One
2020-01-08 • PLOS One
INTRODUCTION:
Cholera remains a frequent cause of outbreaks globally, particularly in areas with inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. Cholera is spread through ...
Guthmann JP, Checchi F, van den Broek IVF, Balkan S, Van Herp M, et al.
2008-08-05 • PLOS Medicine
2008-08-05 • PLOS Medicine
2002-09-11 • JAMA
To the Editor: In November 2001 the possibility of widespread malnutrition was reported in Ghor province, Afghanistan, particularly in the Chaghcharan district, which had received no ext...
Legros D, Ollivier G, Gastellu-Etchegorry M, Paquet C, Burri C, et al.
2002-07-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2002-07-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
Human African trypanosomiasis re-emerged in the 1980s. However, little progress has been made in the treatment of this disease over the past decades. The first-line treatment for second-...
Martin S, Lopez AMZ, Bellos A, Deen JL, Ali MI, et al.
2014-09-29 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2014-09-29 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE To describe and analyse the characteristics of oral cholera vaccination campaigns; including location, target population, logistics, vaccine coverage and delivery costs.
Lessler J, Moore SM, Luquero FJ, McKay H, Grais RF, et al.
2018-05-01 • Lancet
2018-05-01 • Lancet
Cholera remains a persistent health problem in sub-Saharan Africa and worldwide. Cholera can be controlled through appropriate water and sanitation, or by oral cholera vaccination, which...
Dorlencourt F, Priem V, Legros D
2000-01-01 • Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique
2000-01-01 • Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique
The International Dietary Energy Consultative Group, sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO), has done most of the research conducted in the field of adult malnutrition in the l...
Dubray C, Ibrahim SA, Abdelmutalib M, Guerin PJ, Dantoine F, et al.
2008-03-01 • Annals of Tropical Paediatrics
2008-03-01 • Annals of Tropical Paediatrics
BACKGROUND: Systemic antibiotics are routinely prescribed for severe acute malnutrition (SAM). However, there is no consensus regarding the most suitable regimen. In a therapeutic feedin...
Luquero FJ, Grout L, Ciglenecki I, Sakoba K, Traore B, et al.
2013-10-17 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2013-10-17 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BACKGROUND Despite World Health Organization (WHO) prequalification of two safe and effective oral cholera vaccines (OCV), concerns about the acceptability, potential diversion of re...
Nathan N, Rose AMC, Legros D, Tiendrebeogo SRM, Bachy C, et al.
2007-06-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
2007-06-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
In 2002, the largest epidemic of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 occurred in Burkina Faso. The highest attack rate was in children <5 years of age. We describe cases from 1 distric...
BACKGROUND: Shigella dysenteriae type 1 (Sd1) is a cause of major dysentery outbreaks, particularly among children and displaced populations in tropical countries. Although outbreaks con...
Moore SM, Azman AS, Zaitchik BF, Mintz ED, Brunkard J, et al.
2017-04-10 • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2017-04-10 • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and other climate patterns can have profound impacts on the occurrence of infectious diseases ranging from dengue to cholera. In Africa, El Niño c...
