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Understanding the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital-based mortality in Burundi: a cross sectional study comparing two time periods
This study used hospital records from two time periods to understand the implication of COVID-19 on hospital-based deaths in Burundi. …
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Cancer obscures extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) at a tertiary hospital in Northern Malawi
Data on the prevalence of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) patients are limited in many African countries including Malawi. We conducted a …
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Performance and modification of EGCRISC among hepatitis C virus high-risk groups
We have previously shown that the Egyptian Hepatitis C Virus Risk Score (EGCRISC), an Egyptian hepatitis C virus (HCV) risk-based …
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Factors associated with typical enteropathogenicEscherichia coliinfection among children <5 years old with moderate-to-severe diarrhoea in rural western Kenya, 2008–2012
Typical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (tEPEC) infection is a major cause of diarrhoea and contributor to mortality in children <5 years …
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Alternative observational designs to estimate the effectiveness of one dose of oral cholera vaccine in Lusaka, Zambia
We conducted a matched case-control (MCC), test-negative case-control (TNCC) and case-cohort study in 2016 in Lusaka, Zambia, following a mass …
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High MERS-CoV seropositivity associated with camel herd profile, husbandry practices and household socio-demographic characteristics in Northern Kenya
Despite high exposure to Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), the predictors for seropositivity in the context of husbandry practices …
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Seroprevalence of pertussis in Madagascar and implications for vaccination
Pertussis is a highly contagious infectious disease and remains an important cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Over the last …
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Hepatitis A outbreak in HIV-infected patients in Southeastern France: questions and responses?
During the 2017 European hepatitis A (HA) outbreak we assessed HA incidence in our cohort of 2300 HIV-infected patients, implemented …
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Outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Ghana, 2015: degree of losses and outcomes of time-course outbreak management
This retrospective study highlights the degree of losses and time-course through which the 2015 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks …
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Spreading of SARS-CoV-2 in West Africa and assessment of risk factors
Although the African continent is, for the moment, less impacted than the rest of the world, it still faces the …
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Is Nigeria really on top of COVID-19? Message from effective reproduction number
Following the importation of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) into Nigeria on 27 February 2020 and then the outbreak, the question is: …
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Predictors of mortality among multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in central Ethiopia: a retrospective follow-up study
The burden of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) related to mortality in resource-poor countries remains high. This study aimed to estimate the …
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Risk factors for surgical site infections in abdominal surgeries in Ghana: emphasis on the impact of operating rooms door openings
Major surgery carried out in low- and middle-income countries is associated with a high risk of surgical site infections (SSI), …
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Norovirus and rotavirus in children hospitalised with diarrhoea after rotavirus vaccine introduction in Burkina Faso
Several studies report norovirus as the new leading cause of severe gastroenteritis in children after the global introduction of rotavirus …
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The spatio-temporal epidemic dynamics of COVID-19 outbreak in Africa
Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was first detected in …
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Descriptive epidemiology of coronavirus disease 2019 in Nigeria, 27 February–6 June 2020
The objective of this study was to describe the epidemiology of COVID-19 in Nigeria with a view of generating evidence …
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Anxiety and depression among HIV patients of the infectious disease department of Conakry University Hospital in 2018
Anxiety and depression continue to be significant comorbidities for people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The aim of this …
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Passengers' destinations from China: low risk of Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) transmission into Africa and South America
Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV [SARS-COV-2]) was detected in humans during the last week of December 2019 at Wuhan city in China, …