Polonsky JA, Martinez-Pino I, Nackers F, Chonzi P, Manangazira P, et al.
2014-12-08 • PLOS One
2014-12-08 • PLOS One
Typhoid fever remains a significant public health problem in developing countries. In October 2011, a typhoid fever epidemic was declared in Harare, Zimbabwe - the fourth enteric infecti...
Carroll MW, Matthews DA, Hiscox JA, Elmore MJ, Pollakis G, et al.
2015-06-17 • Nature
2015-06-17 • Nature
West Africa is currently witnessing the most extensive Ebola virus (EBOV) outbreak so far recorded. Until now, there have been 27,013 reported cases and 11,134 deaths. The origin of the ...
Van Bortel W, Mariën J, Jacobs BKM, Sinzinkayo D, Sinarinzi P, et al.
2022-12-01 • BMJ Global Health
2022-12-01 • BMJ Global Health
BACKGROUND Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are one of the key interventions in the global fight against malaria. Since 2014, mass distribution campaigns of LLINs aim for unive...
Luque Fernandez MA, Mason PR, Gray H, Bauernfeind A, Maes P
2010-11-13 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2010-11-13 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
This ecological study describes the cholera epidemic in Harare during 2008-2009 and identifies patterns that may explain transmission. Rates ratios of cholera cases by suburb were calcul...
Fernandez MAL, Schomaker M, Mason PR, Fesselet JF, Baudot Y, et al.
2012-06-18
2012-06-18
BACKGROUND In highly populated African urban areas where access to clean water is a challenge, water source contamination is one of the most cited risk factors in a cholera epidemic....
Poliquin PG, Vogt F, Kasztura M, Leung A, Deschambault Y, et al.
2016-06-30 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
2016-06-30 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND Ebola viruses (EBOVs) are primarily transmitted by contact with infected body fluids. Ebola treatment centers (ETCs) contain areas that are exposed to body fluids through ...
Sissoko D, Laouenan C, Folkesson E, M’Lebing A, Beavogui A, et al.
2016-03-01 • PLOS Medicine
2016-03-01 • PLOS Medicine
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a highly lethal condition for which no specific treatment has proven efficacy. In September 2014, while the Ebola outbreak was at its peak, the World Health ...
Ali E, Benedetti G, Van der Bergh R, Halford A, Bawo L, et al.
2020-09-21 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2020-09-21 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
During the initial phase of the 2014-2016 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in Monrovia, Liberia, all hospitals' isolation capacities were overwhelmed by the sheer caseload. As a stop-g...
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 ...
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...
With an increasing move towards outpatient therapeutic feeding for moderately and severely malnourished children, the home environment has become an increasingly important factor in achi...
D'Mello-Guyett L, Cumming O, Rogers E, D'hondt R, Mengitsu E, et al.
2022-03-29 • Conflict and Health
2022-03-29 • Conflict and Health
BACKGROUND Cholera epidemics occur frequently in low-income countries affected by concurrent humanitarian crises. Evaluations of these epidemic response remains largely unpublished a...
2009-10-26 • Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
2009-10-26 • Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
BACKGROUND In the 1980s Vibrio cholerae was found to be an autochthonous resident of aquatic environments. As result, ingestion of undercooked, contaminated fish has been associated ...
Fernandez MAL, Schomaker M, Mason PR, Fesselet JF, Baudot Y, et al.
2012-06-18 • BMC Public Health
2012-06-18 • BMC Public Health
BACKGROUND In highly populated African urban areas where access to clean water is a challenge, water source contamination is one of the most cited risk factors in a cholera epidemic....
Brainard J, Dhondt R, Ali E, Van der Bergh R, De Weggheleire A, et al.
2018-10-03 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2018-10-03 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
During 2011 a large outbreak of typhoid fever affected an estimated 1430 people in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of Congo. The outbreak started in military camps in the city but then sprea...
Edmunds KL, Elrahman SA, Bell DJ, Brainard J, Dervisevic S, et al.
2016-06-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2016-06-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE To assess, within communities experiencing Ebola virus outbreaks, the risks associated with the disposal of human waste and to generate recommendations for mitigating such ...
Mello-Guyett L, Greenland K, Bonneville S, Dhondt R, Mashako M, et al.
2020-07-24 • Conflict and Health
2020-07-24 • Conflict and Health
BACKGROUND Cholera remains a leading cause of infectious disease outbreaks globally, and a major public health threat in complex emergencies. Hygiene kits distributed to cholera case...
