Publications (213)
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Operationalizing the One Health Approach to Zoonotic Disease Surveillance in a COVID-19 Pandemic Context: The Added Value of a Joint, Multisectoral, Transdisciplinary and Systemic Investigation of a Rift Valley Fever Outbreak in Fatick, Senegal
Ibrahima Mamby Keita , Medoune Badiane, Tening Diome, Ndate Diao, Yamar Ba, Mady Ba, Ibrahima Dieme, Daba Ndour, Abdoulaye Sam, Boly Diop, Amady Moussa Deme, Diogoye Dione, Idrissa Ndiaye, Elhadji Ndiaye, Bassirou Sarr, Gabriel Massene Senghor, Mamadou Aliou Barry, Alpha Amadou Diallo, Elhadji Niass, Habibou Ndiaye, Mawlouth Diallo, Djibril Barry, Pauline Kiswendsida Yanogo, Nicolas Meda, Mathioro Fall, Elhadji Mamadou Ndiaye, Adjaratou Diakhou Ndiaye, Marie Khemesse Ngom Ndiaye
Located in central-western Senegal, Fatick is a pastoralist area with over 26 health facilities, including Ndiaye-Ndiaye Health Post. The latter notified a Rift Valley fever (RVF) case during the 41st epidemiological week (EW), while outbreaks were noted in northern Senegal and its border country. Thus to investigate this outbreak, despite the(...)
Rift Valley Fever, One Health approach, Outbreak investigation, Vector ecology, Zoonotic disease
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Antidiabetic Effect of Hydro-Ethanolic Leaf Extract of Sclerocarya Birrea (A. Rich.) Hochst in Wistar Rats
Abdul Gafar Victoir Coulidiaty, Estelle Noëla Hoho Youl, Téné Marceline Yaméogo, Farouk Adedeji Oladoja , Tolulope Anuoluwapo Odejobi , Raogo Ouedraogo , Olufunsho Awodele
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus, characterized by chronic hyperglycaemia, remains a major global health burden. Limitations of
conventional therapies have led to growing interest in medicinal plants like Sclerocarya birrea (A. Rich.) Hochst. widely used in
African ethnomedicine. Though prior research has focused more on the stem bark, studie(...)
diabetes mellitus, sclerocarya birrea, antidiabetic, hydroethanolic extract, streptozotocin
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Emergency Care Interventions for Victims of Explosive Ordnance Reduce Mortality: A Modeling Study
Hannah B. H. Wild Open the ORCID record for Hannah B. H. Wild[Opens in a new window] , Benjamin Q. Huynh , Sebastian Kasack , Alex Munyambabazi , Yves Sanou , Yves Nacanabo , Moumini Niaone , Aparna Cheran , Emilie Calvello Hynes , Nicolas Meda , Adam Kushner and Barclay T. Stewart
Background:Modernconflictsarecharacterizedbywide-spreaduseofconventionalexplosive
ordnance (EO), improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and other air-launched explosives. In
contrast to advances in military medicine and high-income civilian trauma systems since the
United States-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the mortality rate among civil(...)
blast injury civilian casualties conflict emergency care emergency care systems explosive ordnance explosive weapons humanitarian mine action low-resource settings trauma care
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Community satisfaction with the process of curative care administered by community health workers in the Boussé and Boussouma health districts in Burkina Faso
Hamed Sidwaya Ouédraogo, Ahmed Kaboré , Abdoul-Guaniyi Sawadogo , Badra Ali Traoré , Mamadou Traoré , Massoudou Harouna Maiga, Maxime Koiné Drabo
The development of accessible care for communities is a priority in Burkina Faso.
To achieve this, the country has developed integrated community management of
childhood illnesses following the global agenda, involving trained and institutionalized community health workers and free community care. This study aims to identify
factors likely(...)
Community satisfaction, Boussouma, community health workers
COMMUNICATION
Setting reference values for whole blood count parameters using indirect methods in BURKINA FASO: A preliminary study
Koumpingnin Nebie, Salam Sawadogo, Myriam Nikiema, Fabienne Sanou, Catherine Traore, Charles Sawadogo, Eleonore Kafando
Introduction:
The whole blood count is one of the most frequent biological tests in medical practice. As with any other biological parameter, its interpretation is based on comparison with predefined reference values (RV) adapted to the patient's native population. However, most of low-income countries uses reference values from western coun(...)
Blood count parameters, Reference values, Normal values, Indirect methods, Africa
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HIV prevention and undiagnosed infections in children in sub-Saharan Africa
Souleymane Tassembedo, Nicolas Meda, Chipepo Kankasa, Roger Shapiro, Theodore Ruel, Ameena Goga, Mwiya Mwiya, Isidore Tiandiogo Traore, Thorkild Tylleskär, Anais Mennecier, Jean Pierre Moles, Philippe Van de Perre, Nicolas Nagot
Despite the efforts to prevent vertical transmission of HIV, about 130 000 children worldwide acquire HIV each year, and 40% of those remain undiagnosed. Many factors contribute to this poor outcome including, but not limited to, failure to identify mothers seroconverting during pregnancy or postpartum, suboptimal early infant diagnosis, misin(...)
HIV, infections, children, sub-Saharan Africa
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An expression quantitative trait locus of Fc gamma receptor genes is associated with antimalarial IgG responses and infection levels in Burkinabe families
Christelle Dieppois, Mathieu Adjemout, Jules Cretin, Frederic Gallardo, Magali Torres, Christophe Picard, Serge Aimé Sawadogo, Pascal Rihet, Pascale Paul.
Bakground: The interaction between antibodies and Fcy receptors (FcyRs) plays a critical role in regulating immune responses to Plasmodium falciparum. Polymorphisms in genes encoding FcyRs influence the host's capacity to control parasite infection. The study investigates whether noncoding variants influencing FcyR expression are associated wi(...)
FCGR expression quantitative trait locus; FCGR polymorphism; Plasmodium falciparum immunization; Fc gamma receptors; malaria.
COMMUNICATION
Profil bactériologique des germes isolés chez les nouveau-nés admis à l’unité de néonatologie au CHUP-CDG
KY / BA Absatou*, Sanou Mahamoudou, Tondé Issa, Sanou Idrissa
Introduction : L'infection néonatale est un problème de santé publique à cause de sa fréquence élevée et de sa gravité. L’antibiothérapie probabiliste doit être la plus efficace possible, d’où l’importance de connaitre l’écologie bactérienne. L’objectif de cette étude est de décrire le profil bactériologique des infections néonatales dans l’un(...)
Infections néonatales, souches bactériennes, phénotype de résistance, sensibilité aux antibiotiques.
COMMUNICATION
Etude de la dengue : Prévalence et facteurs associés à l’infection en milieu pédiatrique au Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Bogodogo (CHU-B).
KY / BA Absatou*, Sanou Mahamoudou, Tondé Issa, Sanou Idrissa
Introduction : La dengue, maladie à transmission vectorielle constitue un véritable problème de santé publique dans le monde et particulièrement au Burkina Faso de par sa morbidité et sa mortalité élevées. Le pays en connait régulièrement des flambées dont les conséquences sont énormes. L’objectif était de déterminer la prévalence et les fac(...)
Dengue, prévalence, facteurs associés, pédiatrie, enfants.
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Facteurs associés à l’intention des parents d’adhérer à la vaccination des enfants contre la covid-19 dans la ville de Ouagadougou en 2023
Laure Tamini, Ahmed Kaboré, Kisito Nagalo, Diarra Yé, Nicolas Méda
L’amélioration de la couverture vaccinale dans les communautés a été une des alternatives pour freiner la pandémie à SRAS-CoV2 au Burkina Faso comme partout dans le monde. Le but de l’étude était de déterminer les facteurs associés à l’intention des parents d’adhérer à la vaccination des enfants contre la COVID-19 dans la ville de Ouagadougou.(...)
Intention parentale, Vaccination, COVID-19, Enfants, Afrique.
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Problems of Interpreting Serological Markers of Viral Hepatitis B at the Mali Hospital from January to May 2023
Moussa Karambiry, Absatou Ba/Ky, Yaya Goita2., Aimé Césaire Kalambry, Charles Dara, Bassirou Diarra, Aminata Maiga, Amadou Hamadoun Babana
Introduction: Viral hepatitis is a systemic infection of viral origin preferentially affecting the liver and causing inflammatory lesions and hepatocyte alterations that can lead to fibrosis, cirrhosis and liver cancer. Objective: To assess the knowledge levels of healthcare staff on the interpretation of serological markers of viral hepatitis(...)
Serological Markers, Healthcare Personnel, HBsAg.
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Impact of « MenAfrivac» on Meningococcal Meningitis from 2010 to 2022 in Burkina Faso
Absatou BA/KY, Issa Tondé, Arnaud Dienderé, Idriss Traore, André KY, Souleymane Yameogo, Salimata Diallo, Issoufou Ouedraogo and Idrissa Sanou
Introduction: Meningococcal meningitis is a major public health issue in Burkina Faso due to its high morbidity and mortality. This work aims at studying meningococcal meningites thirteen years (13 years) after the nationwide introduction of” MenAfrivac” serogroup A meningococcal vaccine.
Methodology: This was a retrospective cross-sectional(...)
Meningococcal Meningitis; Serogroups A; W and X; MenAfriVac
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How Many Goats Does a Mannequin Cost? Community-engaged Design of Layperson First Responder Training Materials in Low-resource Settings
Hannah B Wild, Moumini Niaone, Aparna Cheran, Madeline Ross, Barclay T Stewart, Nicolas Meda
Objectives
Simulation materials for layperson first responder (LFR) trainings used in high-resource settings are prohibitively expensive for use in low- and low-middle income countries. To date, no structured approach to community-engaged design in identifying accessible and acceptable simulation materials for LFR trainings has been developed(...)
community first aid; conflict; layperson first responder trainings; low-resource settings; trauma care
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HYPERPLASIE CONGENITALE DES SURRENALES CHEZ L’ENFANT : DE LA CLINIQUE A LA BIOLOGIE
AWEH Adjongba Bruno , OUEDRAOGO Rakiswendé Alexis , N’BOUKE Essi Delali , OUEDRAOGO Rakisssida Alfred , OUEDRAOGO Halidou , AOUE Abnondjoua Achille , OUEDRAOGO Sidziguin , KONSEGRE Valentin , HAMADOU Ibrahim KOUTANGNI Morel , AZONBAKIN Simon , LOMPO Olga Mélanie
L’hyperplasie congénitale des surrénales est une pathologie génétique à transmission autosomique
récessive qui regroupe un ensemble de maladies dont les manifestations sont diverses. Le déficit en
21-hydroxylase est la cause la plus fréquente d’hyperplasie congénitale des surrénales et est dans 75%
des cas secondaire à la mutation du gèn(...)
hyperplasie congénitale des surrénales, 17-hydroxyprogestérone, Burkina Faso
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ANORCHIDIE BILATERALE CONGENITALE ET ASPERMIE : ETUDE DE CAS AU CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE BOGODOGO, BURKINA FASO
AWEH Adjongba Bruno1 , OUEDRAOGO Rakissida Alfred2 , SEWADOUNO Daniel3 , OUEDRAOGO Rakiswendé Alexis , AZONBAKIN Simon , KONSEGRE Valentin , SANOU/LAMIEN Assita
L’anorchidie bilatérale congénitale ou syndrome de régression testiculaire fait partie des anomalies du
développement sexuel. Cette anomalie est caractérisée par l’absence des testicules chez un individu
de sexe chromosomique masculin 46, XY. C’est une pathologie rare dont la cause exacte n’est pas
élucidée. Cependant des mutations génét(...)
aspermie, anorchidie bilatérale congénitale, CHU de Bogodogo