Minetti A, Bopp C, Fermon F, Francois G, Grais RF, et al.
2013-11-05 • PLOS Medicine
2013-11-05 • PLOS Medicine
Andrea Minetti and colleagues compare measles outbreak responses from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Malawi and argue that outbreak response strategies should be tailored to lo...
Minetti A, Camelique O, Hsa Thaw K, Thi SS, Swaddiwudhipong W, et al.
2010-12-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2010-12-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
SETTING Although tuberculosis (TB) is a curable disease, it remains a major global health problem and an important cause of morbidity and mortality among vulnerable populations, incl...
Minetti A, Kagoli M, Katsulukuta A, Huerga H, Featherstone A, et al.
2013-02-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
2013-02-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
Despite high reported coverage for routine and supplementary immunization, in 2010 in Malawi, a large measles outbreak occurred that comprised 134,000 cases and 304 deaths. Although the ...
Lapidus N, Minetti A, Djibo A, Guerin JP, Hustache S, et al.
2009-01-29 • PLOS One
2009-01-29 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND 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...
Grout L, Conan N, Giner AJ, Hurtado N, Fermon F, et al.
2014-02-21 • BMC Public Health
2014-02-21 • BMC Public Health
Background: The World Health Organization recommends African children receive two doses of measles containing vaccine (MCV) through routine programs or supplemental immunization activiti...
Dale NM, Grais RF, Minetti A, Miettola J, Barengo NC
2009-02-02 • Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
2009-02-02 • Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
OBJECTIVE To compare the National Centre for Health Statistics (NCHS) international growth reference with the new World Health Organization (WHO) growth standards for identification ...
Ahoua L, Umutoni C, Huerga H, Minetti A, Szumilin E, et al.
2011-01-10 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2011-01-10 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
Among people living with HIV/AIDS, nutritional support is increasingly recognized as a critical part of the essential package of care, especially for patients in sub-Saharan Africa. The ...
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...
Grout L, Minetti A, Hurtado N, Francois G, Fermon F, et al.
2013-05-22 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2013-05-22 • BMC Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND: The Democratic Republic of Congo experiences regular measles outbreaks. From September 2010, the number of suspected measles cases increased, especially in Katanga province, ...
Current mass vaccination campaigns in measles outbreak response are nonselective with respect to the immune status of individuals. However, the heterogeneity in immunity, due to previous...
Defourny I, Minetti A, Harczi G, Doyon S, Shepherd S, et al.
2009-05-06 • PLOS One
2009-05-06 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND: There are 146 million underweight children in the developing world, which contribute to up to half of the world's child deaths. In high burden regions for malnutrition, the t...
