Publications (5898)
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Screening of mecA and SCCmec genes in Staphylococcus aureus from human and hospital wastewater origins in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Ganamé Abasse Ouédraogo.Kaboré Boukaré · Roukiatou Traoré · Henri Sidabéwindin Ouédraogo · Hama Cissé · Ismael Henri Nestor Bassolé · François Tchoumbougnang· Savadogo Aly
Due to a lack of resources, the diagnosis of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a challenge in Burkina Faso and West Africa, making MRSA surveillance difficult. In our study, we included 33 beta-lactam resistant S. aureus isolates from the Ouagadougou region which we further tested for susceptibility to cefoxitin using stand(...)
MRSA ·mecA · SCCmec · Clinical · Hospital effluent · Ouagadougou
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Effets de la corruption et pratiques assimilées sur la qualité du service public de santé dans la ville de Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)
KIEMDE Adama
Résumé
La santé est considérée aujourd’hui comme un bien faisant l’objet de marchandage. Nonobstant cet
état de fait, une controverse existe sur les méthodes et les techniques de sa vente. Une des formes la
plus critiquée est la corruption et autres pratiques assimilées des actes de soins dans les services publics
de santé. L’objectif de c(...)
Burkina Faso ; centre de santé ; corruption ; conflit soignant – soigné ; qualité de soins
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Managing Urban Water Bodies For Sustainable Development In Rapidly Urbanizing West African Cities: Insights From Burkina Faso
Idrissa Kaboré
Uncontrolled urbanizations, combined with lack of management strategies in low-income countries, have
raised big concern about the sustainability of urban centers, particularly in West Africa. The increasing human
pressures, climate variability, and inconsistency of policies have exacerbated the urban crisis in West Africa.
For this reas(...)
Urbanization, Waterbodies, Pollution, Sustainability, West Africa.
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Optimization of Thermal Comfort in Compressed Earth Block (CEB) Buildings in Burkina Faso
Alidou Maiga, Koffi Sagna, Karim Toussakoe, Vincent Zoma, Lareba Adélaïde Ouedraogo, Sié Kam
The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of orientation on the thermal comfort of bioclimatic buildings in general, and
in particular those built with compressed earth blocks. A first experimental study confirmed that compressed earth blocks have
good thermal inertia, and made it possible to determine the number of annual hours(...)
Orientation, Bioclimatic, Thermal Comfort, Passive Methods, Hot and Dry Climate, Thermal Simulation
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Antimicrobial activity of paired combinations of the essential oils of Cymbopogon citratus, Cymbopogon giganteus, and Lippia multiflora on Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli in roselle and tamarind-based drinks
Hamed Sawadogo , Judicaël Thomas Ouilly et Imaël Henri Nestor Bassolé
This study was designed to assess the antimicrobial properties of the paired combinations of the
essential oils (EOs) of Cymbopogon citratus, Cymbopogon giganteus, and Lippia multiflora on Listeria
monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, and Escherichia coli in roselle and tamarind drinks. The
chemical composition of the EOs was characterized(...)
Roselle; tamarind; essential oil; combination; antibacterial; synergistic effects
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Cumulative seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among blood donors in Burkina Faso, April 2022
Coronavirus Pandemic Cumulative seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among blood donors in Burkina Faso, April 2022 Salam Sawadogo1,2, Yacouba Diallo1, Koumpingnin Nebie1,2, Bertrand Ivlabèhirè Meda3, Corneille Ydriss Djerma4, Georges Pengdwendé Ouedraogo5, Donatien Kima1, Serge Mamadou Sawadogo6, Amadou Kafando7, Sinaré Coulibaly8, Bachirou Cheickh Ashmed Nana9, Dieudonné Yetema Yonli9, Martin Ouedraogo10, Anita Pierrette Siritie5, Sylvie Zida3, Charlemagne Sanhitouo Dabire3, Rakiatou Traore11, Kadidiatou Aïna Konate12, Anita Benao8, Seimbou Zalla2, Sonia Sontie2, Veronique Deneys13, Eléonore Kafando1, Gautier Henri Ouedraogo3
Introduction: In Sub-Saharan Africa, the true extent of the COVID-19 pandemic is not known due to the low number of tests performed and the large proportion of asymptomatic cases in the populations. This was a seroprevalence study of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in blood donors to assess the extent of virus circulation in Burkina Faso.
Methodology:(...)
COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; antibodies; blood donors; seroprevalence; Burkina Faso.
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Investigating the effect of a base transceiver station (BTS) on the power production of a PV module
Patrice Wendlassida Compaore, Guy Serge Tchouadep, Adama Ouedraogo, Dioari Ulrich Combari, Issa Zerbo, Martial Zoungrana
In this experimental study, a solar panel was exposed to different intensities of an Electromagnetic Field (EMF) emitted by a base transceiver station (BTS). To avoid influences from other electromagnetic (EM) waves sources the current-voltage characteristics of the PV silicon solar panel was measured, outdoor in free space on an isolated site(...)
Photovoltaic (PV) module, base transceiver station (BTS), electromagnetic field (EMF), performance, experimental study
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Evaluation and prioritization of food safety risks in the Nigerian red meat industry
Ismail Ayoade Odetokun, Damilola Christiana Olawoye, Akeem Adebola Bakare, Tajudeen Opeyemi Isola, Nma Bida Alhaji, Oluwadamilola Olawumi Abiodun-Adewusi, Taiwo Adeniyi Adewoye, Hama Cissé, Ibraheem Ghali-Mohammed
Food safety is a global concern, particularly in developing countries like Nigeria. Hence, this study aims to identify and rank food safety priorities in the red meat industry in Ilorin, Northcentral Nigeria, as a first step towards targeting interventions and resource allocation. A cross-sectional study involved 496 participants in various ro(...)
Food safety; Red meat industry; Antemortem inspection; Sanitation; Nigeria
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Analysis of Burkina Faso’s Institutional Framework and Budget Allocations for NCDs Control and Monitoring
Moussa Ouedraogo, Dia Sanou, Mahamadé Goubgou, Estelle Aissa Bambara, Souleymane Tirogo, Aly Savadogo
Diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a major public health issue and a global development challenge today. However, governance responses to these diseases remain in their infancy in most low-income countries, including Burkina Faso. How Burkina Faso organizes itself institutionally and financially to adequately address NCDs is sti(...)
Governance, Institutional Framework, Financial Allocation, Non-Communicable Diseases
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Assessment of Health Risks Associated with the Presence of Antibiotic-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Attiéké Consumed in Burkina Faso
Ibonyé Diéni, Touwendsida Serge Bagré, Boureima Kagambèga, Oumarou Zongo, François Tapsoba, Nicolas Barro
Attiéké, a popular food in Burkina Faso, is often produced under variable hygienic conditions, which favors the proliferation of pathogenic microorgan- isms such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a growing threat to the health of consumers. This study assessed the health risks asso- ciated with the presence of MRSA in atti(...)
Attiéké, Staphylococcus aureus, Health Risks, Public Health, Risk Factors
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Isolation, Identification and Antibiotic Resistance Profile of Bacterial Strains Isolated from ‘ Charmout ’’, a Dried Meat Sold in Chad
Ali Haroun Hissein, Edwige R. Somé Tiodjio, Abdoullahi Hissein Ousman, François Tapsoba, Hassan Mahamat Ali,Dénis Erbi, Brahim Adoum Ahmat, Kadidja Gamougam, Oumar Ouchar, Cheikna Zongo , Abdessalam Tidjani b and Aly Savadogo
This study aimed to investigate the presence of pathogenic bacteria in charmout and assess the antibiotic resistance of the isolated strains. A total of 50 charmout samples were collected from vendors across five provinces of Chad and analyzed using appropriate methods for enumeration, isolate characterization and susceptibility testing. The r(...)
Charmout; pathogenic bacteria; microbiological quality; antibiotic resistance.
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A Circular Spatial-diffusion Mathematical Model to Analysis Hopf-Turing Bifurcation in Plankton Population Under the Toxin Control Variation in 2D
Hamidou Ouedraogo , Wendkouni Ouedraogo, Desire Ouedraogo, Boureima Sangare
In a mathematical model of a system with two reaction-diffusion equations with Neumann-Dirichlet boundary
conditions, we formulated zooplankton-phytoplankton in the aquatic environment on the circular domain. The attention has been
focused on the toxin producing role of the space in explaining heterogeneity, the distribution of the species a(...)
Cicular Domain, Phytoplankton-zooplankton, Toxin Parameter, Diffusion Coefficients, Global Stability, Dirichlet Boundary, Bifurcation Analysis, Pattern Formation
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Advanced dependence metrics and tail coefficients in a bounded copula construction
HERMAN TIEMTORÉ , REMI GUILLAUME BAGRÉ, AND VINI YVES BERNADIN LOYARA
In this work, we study some properties of the family of copulas introduced previously by Bagré et al. We discuss from dependence metrics such as Spearman's rho, the medial correlation coefficient and distances separating this family of copulas from the Fréchet bounds (lower and upper bounds) and the product copula, respectively. The tail coeff(...)
Copula, Copula with horizontal or vertical section of a homographic function, Tail coefficients, Dependence metrics
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Review of Paleoproterozoic tectonics in the southern West African Craton: Insights from multi-disciplinary data integration
Julien Perret, Mark W. Jessell, Quentin Masurel, Patrick C. Hayman, Nicolas Thébaud, Lenka Baratoux, Alain Kouamélan d, Aurélien Eglinger, Anne-Sylvie André-Mayer, Augustin Y. Koffi, Ibrahima Dia, Jacques Koné, James Davis, Ousmane Wane, Prince O. Amponsah, Seta Naba, Oliver Vanderhaeghe
For over a century, research has focused on the southern West African Craton (sWAC), aiming to unravel its lithological, geochemical, geochronological, structural, metamorphic, and metallogenic record. Yet, the late Siderian to early Rhyacian (c. 2350–2265 Ma) geodynamic setting of the sWAC remains poorly constrained due to (i) the unresolved(...)
southern West African Craton, Paleoproterozoic, Tectonics, Geodynamics, Multi-disciplinary data integration
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Research on Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas) in West Africa: State, Features and Gaps
Hamid El Bilali, Romaric Kiswendsida Nanema, Veli-Matti Rokka, Iro Dan Guimbo, Zakaria Kiebre, Rosa Anna Siciliano, Sheirita Reine Fanta Tietiambou, Lawali Dambo, Jacques Nanema, Francesca Grazioli and Filippo Acasto
Although sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is gaining importance in West Africa, it remains uncertain whether the research is adequately advanced to support the promotion
of this crop in the region. Consequently, this systematic review of 125 articles provides a detailed overview of studies focused on sweet potatoes in West Africa. The paper exp(...)
neglected and underutilized species; NUS; orphan crop; I. batatas; sweetpotato; Sahel; tuber; climate change; food security; SUSTLIVES