Antenatal care and skilled delivery service utilization in Somali pastoral communities of eastern Ethiopia (Publications)
confounders. RESULTS: 27% [95%CI 22.8-31.2%] of women used antenatal care and 22.6% [95%CI 18.7-26.5%] received skilled delivery service. None of the respondents reported postnatal care. 43% reported that
Rapid diagnosis of bacterial meningitis by real-time PCR and fluorescence in situ hybridization (Publications)
discordant results by culture and microscopy were successfully investigated by PCR (10 samples) and FISH (5 samples). In conclusion, PCR is a highly sensitive tool for rapid diagnosis of bacterial meningitis
Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for rapid identification of <em>Salmonella</em> spp. from agar and blood culture broth--an option for the... (Publications)
of 97.4% for environmental Salmonella spp. isolates, and sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 99.5% for blood culture materials. CONCLUSIONS: FISH proved to be highly reliable for a rapid identification
Are brucellosis, Q fever and melioidosis potential causes of febrile illness in Madagascar? (Publications)
assays (qPCRs) were performed on 1020 blood samples drawn from febrile patients. In total, 15 samples (1.5%) were Brucella-positive, mainly originating from patients without travel history, while DNA from C
Detection of second line drug resistance among drug resistant <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> isolates in Botswana (Publications)
isolates analyzed, 33 (58%) were MDR-TB, 4 (7%) were additionally resistant to flouroquinolones and 3 (5%) were resistant to both fluoroquinolones and second-line injectable drugs. The most common fluoroquinolone
Association between serum vitamin D, retinol and zinc status, and acute respiratory infections in underweight and normal-weight children aged 6-24... (Publications)
children with zinc insufficiency and those that were serum retinol deficient had 1.2 (95% CI 1.0-1.5) times higher risk of URI and 1.9 (95% CI 1.4-2.6) times higher risk of ALRI, respectively. Thus, our
Molecular epidemiology and whole genome sequencing analysis of clinical <em>Mycobacterium bovis</em> from Ghana (Publications)
global collection of published M. bovis genomes. RESULTS: Mycobacterium bovis was isolated from 3/560(0.5%) females and 12/1195(1.0%) males with pulmonary TB. The average age of M. bovis infected cases was
Marginal bone loss one year after implantation: a systematic review of different loading protocols (Publications)
loaded implants (0.05+/-0.67mm) and the highest for immediate non-occlusally loaded implants (1.37+/-0.5mm). The results of the meta-analysis showed an estimated mean MBL of 0.457mm (95% confidence interval
Ectoparasites of endemic and domestic animals in southwest Madagascar (Publications)
were also trapped in 4) villages. We identified 17 species of ectoparasites (296 individuals of ticks [5 species], 535 lice [7 spp.], 389 fleas [4 spp.] and 13 mites [1 sp.]) collected from 15 host species
Development of a pharmacovigilance system in a resource-limited country: the experience of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Publications)
the health system; (3) data collection and analysis; (4) collaboration with public health programs; (5) collaboration with the National Regulatory Authority. Lessons learnt from the DRC experience show that