Grout L, Martinez-Pino I, Ciglenecki I, Keita S, Diallo AK, et al.
2015-12-29 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2015-12-29 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
INTRODUCTION Since 2010, WHO has recommended oral cholera vaccines as an additional strategy for cholera control. During a cholera episode, pregnant women are at high risk of complic...
Tiffany A, Moundekeno FP, Traore A, Haile M, Sterk E, et al.
2016-10-03 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2016-10-03 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Multiple community-based approaches can aid in quantifying mortality in the absence of reliable health facility data. Community-based sentinel site surveillance that was used to document...
Mwaba J, Ferreras E, Chizema Kawesha E, Mwimbe D, Tafirenyika F, et al.
2018-05-31 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2018-05-31 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
OBJECTIVE To assess the performance of the SD Bioline Cholera Ag O1/O139 rapid diagnostic test (RDT) compared to a reference standard combining culture and PCR for the diagnosis of c...
Baudin E, Bhatt NB, Rouzioux C, Serafini M, Molfino L, et al.
2019-02-08 • F1000Research
2019-02-08 • F1000Research
BACKGROUND In the CARINEMO ANRS 12146 clinical trial, HIV-tuberculosis co-infected patients in Mozambique were randomized to nevirapine (NVP) or to efavirenz (EFV)-based antiretrovir...
Gignoux EM, Azman AS, de Smet M, Azuma P, Massaquoi M, et al.
2016-01-07 • New England Journal of Medicine
2016-01-07 • New England Journal of Medicine
BACKGROUND Malaria treatment is recommended for patients with suspected Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa, whether systematically or based on confirmed malaria diagnosis. At t...
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...
Christinet V, Comte E, Ciaffi L, Odermatt P, Serafini M, et al.
2014-05-21 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2014-05-21 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Background: Buruli ulcer (BU) is the third most common mycobacterial disease after tuberculosis and leprosy and is particularly frequent in rural West and Central Africa. However, the im...
Tiffany A, Moundekeno FP, Traore A, Haile M, Sterk E, et al.
2016-05-28 • Malaria Journal
2016-05-28 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND Malaria is one of the principal causes of morbidity and mortality in the Republic of Guinea, particularly in the highly endemic regions. To assist in malaria control effor...
Gignoux EM, Polonsky JA, Ciglenecki I, Bichet M, Coldiron ME, et al.
2018-03-14 • PLOS One
2018-03-14 • PLOS One
In 2013, a large measles epidemic occurred in the Aketi Health Zone of the Democratic Republic of Congo. We conducted a two-stage, retrospective cluster survey to estimate the attack rat...
Luquero FJ, Grout L, Ciglenecki I, Sakoba K, Traore B, et al.
2014-05-29 • New England Journal of Medicine
2014-05-29 • New England Journal of Medicine
BACKGROUND The use of vaccines to prevent and control cholera is currently under debate. Shanchol is one of the two oral cholera vaccines prequalified by the World Health Organizatio...
Ciglenecki I, Azman AS, Jamet C, Serafini M, Luquero FJ, et al.
2018-09-14 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
2018-09-14 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
The use of oral cholera vaccine (OCV) has increased since 2011, when Shanchol, the first OCV suitable for large-scale use, became available. Médecins Sans Frontières considers OCVs an es...
Devine C, Guevara M, Belliveau LB, Jobanputra K, Serafini M, et al.
2019-11-01
2019-11-01
KEY MESSAGES:
• Apply a cross-sector and interdisciplinary approach to humanitarian and global health responses and local, regional and international collaborations • Identi...
O'Brien DP, Comte E, Serafini M, Ehounou G, Antierens A, et al.
2013-12-02 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2013-12-02 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
Despite great advances in the diagnosis and treatment of Buruli ulcer, it is one of the least studied major neglected tropical diseases. In Africa, major constraints in the management of...
Ontweka L, Deng LO, Rauzier J, Debes AK, Tadesse F, et al.
2016-12-19 • PLOS One
2016-12-19 • PLOS One
Cholera rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) could play a central role in outbreak detection and surveillance in low-resource settings, but their modest performance has hindered their broad adop...
Ibrahim YL, Masouye I, Tschanz E, Atangana P, Etard JF, et al.
2019-05-07 • Dermatopathology
2019-05-07 • Dermatopathology
Background: Buruli ulcer (BU) is a cutaneous infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. In this prospective study, we aim to clarify the main histopathological features of cuta...
