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Otshudiema J, Essomba R, Diagne M, Bitoungui V, Ebogo Y, et al.

2025-01-24 • Medical Research Archives

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Two sub variants (BA.4 and BA.5) of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant are concerning as they are sprea...

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Solaiman AP, Venables E, Roxas MRC, Mateo M, Castro R, et al.

2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024

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Kumari J, Singhal C, Pandey S, Angrup A, Kannan R, et al.

2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024

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Gopali RS, Maharjan B, Shrestha P, Stojanovik S, Valdesolo C, et al.

2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024

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Yadem AC, Armstrong JN, Sarimollaoglu M, Kiki Massa C, Ndifo JM, et al.

2024-10-25 • Nature Communications

Current malaria diagnostics are invasive, lack sensitivity, and rapid tests are plagued by deletions in tar...

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Moe S, Asozoda M, Aung A, Dusmatova Z, Akintore F, et al.

2024-08-01 • IJTLD OPEN

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The rate of TB in prison institutions is estimated to be 23 times higher than in the general population. Limited documentation exists regarding TB screening in Tajiki...

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Dorion C

2024-05-25 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024

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Sterk E, Schramm B, Riccio E, Gabut M, Fontana L, et al.

2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024

INTRODUCTION
The 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak underlined inadequacies of current personal protective equipment (PPE), such as being uncomfortable and hot, causing excessive sweati...

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Sterk E, Schramm B, Riccio E, Gabut M, Fontana L, et al.

2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024

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Caleo G, Lokuge K, Kardamanidis K, Greig J, Belava J, et al.

2024-04-25 • Global Health Action

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There is a lack of empirical data on design effects (DEFF) for mortality rate for highly clustered data such as with Ebola virus disease (EVD), along with a lack of docume...

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Youngui BT, Atwine D, Otai D, Vasiliu A, Ssekyanzi B, et al.

2024-04-15 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS)

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People living with HIV are considered at higher risk of developing severe forms of tuberculosis (TB) disease. Providing HIV testing to TB-exposed people is therefore cri...

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Wobudeya E, Nanfuka M, Ton Nu Nguyet MH, Taguebue JV, Moh R, et al.

2024-03-21 • ACG Case Reports Journal

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Childhood tuberculosis (TB) remains underdiagnosed largely because of limited awareness and poor access to all or any of specimen collection, molecular testing, clinical e...

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Sprecher A, Van Herp M

2024-03-15 • Science

For those exposed to filovirus, such as Sudan virus and Ebola virus, a new study offers hope.

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Shephard M, Matthews S, Kularatne R, Andrewartha K, Blondeel K, et al.

2024-03-04 • BMC Infectious Diseases

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In 2018, the World Health Organization commenced a multi-country validation study of the Cepheid GeneXpert for a range of molecular-based point-of-care (POC) tests in prim...

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Elshami M, Albandak M, Alser M, Al-Slaibi I, Ayyad M, et al.

2024-02-22 • JCO Global Oncology

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To assess colorectal cancer (CRC) awareness and its influence on attitudes toward colonoscopy in Palestine.

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Convenience sampling was used ...

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Shaw SA, Lee CT, Ahmadi M, Karim Shor Muluk H, Mohamed Jibril Z, et al.

2023-12-01 • International Journal of Social Psychiatry

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Among refugees residing in countries of first asylum, such as Malaysia, high rates of psychological distress call for creative intervention responses.

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Molina-de la Fuente I, Sagrado Benito MJ, Ousley J, Gisbert FdB, García L, et al.

2023-09-25 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Artemisinin-combined treatments are the recommended first-line treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria, but they are being threatened by emerging artemisinin resistance. Mutations in ...

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Sprecher A, Cross RW, Marzi A, Martins KA, Wolfe D, et al.

2023-08-19 • Journal of Infectious Diseases

Although there are now approved treatments and vaccines for Ebola virus disease (EVD), the case fatality of EVD remains unacceptably high even when treated with the newly approved therap...

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Thadhani TAF, Phillips EY

2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023

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The World Health Organization recommends the use of computer-aided detection (CAD) in conjunction with chest X-rays (CXR) for tuberculosis (TB) screening and triaging in i...

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Mukooza E

2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023

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Initial detection of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants associated with the onset of the fifth wave of COVID-19 in Cameroon between December 2021 and June 2022: Phylogenetic and whole genome analysis

Community experiences of TB in the Philippines: Using storytelling to improve community knowledge of TB and uptake of screening in an urban slum

Onco-ALERT: A rapid & point-of-care screening test for early detection oral cancer

Community-wide systematic tuberculosis screening using digital chest X-ray with CAD/AI in vulnerable and hard-to-reach population in Nepal

Noninvasive in vivo photoacoustic detection of malaria with Cytophone in Cameroon

Yield of TB screening in prisons in Tajikistan

A novel personal protective equipment for filovirus outbreaks: a usability study under simulated field conditions

A novel personal protective equipment for filovirus outbreaks: a usability study under simulated field conditions

A novel personal protective equipment for filovirus outbreaks a usability study under simulated field conditions

Methodological issues of retrospective surveys for measuring mortality of highly clustered diseases: case study of the 2014–16 Ebola outbreak in Bo District, Sierra Leone

Integration of HIV testing in a community intervention for tuberculosis screening among household contacts of patients with tuberculosis in Cameroon and Uganda

Effect of decentralising childhood tuberculosis diagnosis to primary health centre versus district hospital levels on disease detection in children from six high tuberculosis incidence countries: an operational research, pre-post intervention study

An oral antiviral for Ebola disease

Independent clinic-based evaluation of point-of-care testing for the screening of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoea and Trichomonas vaginalis in women-at-risk in Australia, Guatemala, Morocco, and South Africa

Screening perspectives: the role of colorectal cancer awareness in shaping attitudes toward colonoscopy in Palestine

A randomized controlled trial testing the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a mental health Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment among refugees in Malaysia

Screening for K13-propeller mutations associated with artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum in Yambio County (Western Equatoria State, South Sudan)

Perspectives on advancing countermeasures for Filovirus disease: Report from a multi-sector meeting

Implementation and feasibility of digital chest X-ray coupled to computer-aided detection (CAD) in active TB case finding in Tondo (Manila), Philippines

High burden of sexually transmitted infections and poor diagnostic performance of syndromic approaches within a decentralised HIV care setting in Eswatini