Search Results - "Fèvre, E.M"
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Early intensification of backyard poultry systems in the tropics: a case study
Published in Animal (Cambridge, England) (01-11-2020)“…Poultry production is an important way of enhancing the livelihoods of rural populations, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). As poultry…”
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Antibiotic resistance: mitigation opportunities in livestock sector development
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Serological evidence of Francisella tularensis in febrile patients seeking treatment at remote hospitals, northeastern Kenya, 2014–2015
Published in New microbes and new infections (01-09-2017)“…Abstract Tularaemia is a highly contagious infectious zoonosis caused by the bacterial agent Francisella tularensis . The aim of this study was to investigate…”
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Reanalyzing the 1900–1920 Sleeping Sickness Epidemic in Uganda
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-04-2004)“…Sleeping sickness has long been a major public health problem in Uganda. From 1900 to 1920, more than 250,000 people died in an epidemic that affected the…”
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Spatial and temporal risk factors for the early detection of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness patients in Tororo and Busia districts, Uganda
Published in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (01-10-2004)“…We have carried out a study of risk factors for early detection of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness. Records of sleeping sickness patients from…”
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The topology of between-herd cattle contacts in a mixed farming production system in western Kenya
Published in Preventive veterinary medicine (01-10-2018)“…•Degree of farm contact and the distances between farms were negatively correlated.•Disease control and surveillance to consider between farms contacts in the…”
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Human African trypanosomiasis: Epidemiology and control
Published in Advances in parasitology (2006)“…Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, describes not one but two discrete diseases: that caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and that…”
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Population-dynamics focussed rapid rural mapping and characterisation of the peri-urban interface of Kampala, Uganda
Published in Land use policy (01-07-2010)“…In developing countries, cities are rapidly expanding and urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) has an important role in feeding these growing urban…”
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Reanalyzing the 1900-1920 sleeping sickness epidemic in Uganda
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-04-2004)“…Sleeping sickness has long been a major public health problem in Uganda. From 1900 to 1920, more than 250,000 people died in an epidemic that affected the…”
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Household socio-economic position and individual infectious disease risk in rural Kenya
Published in Scientific reports (27-02-2019)“…The importance of household socio-economic position (SEP) in shaping individual infectious disease risk is increasingly recognised, particularly in low income…”
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Central point sampling from cattle in livestock markets in areas of human sleeping sickness
Published in Acta tropica (01-02-2006)“…We present the results of a study to determine the value of central point sampling in cattle markets as a means of estimating the trypanosomiasis ( T. brucei…”
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Trypanosoma brucei: Trypanosome strain typing using PCR analysis of mobile genetic elements (MGE-PCR)
Published in Experimental parasitology (01-05-2003)“…We describe the development of a single-primer amplification system, which uses the trypanosomal mobile genetic element RIME as a molecular marker for the…”
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Sensitivity in vitro of Plasmodium falciparum to three currently used antimalarial drugs on the western border of Thailand
Published in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (01-03-1999)“…The sensitivity in vitro of Plasmodium falciparum to mefloquine, quinine and artemisinin was assessed in an area of multi-drug resistance on the Thai-Myanmar…”
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Assessing the patterns of health-seeking behaviour and awareness among sleeping-sickness patients in eastern Uganda
Published in Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology (01-06-2004)“…For those with sleeping sickness, the consequences of delayed diagnosis include poor prognosis at treatment and an increased risk of tsetse infection. Data on…”
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Transmission Control and Drug Resistance in Malaria: A Crucial Interaction
Published in Parasitology today (Regular ed.) (01-06-1999)“…Drug resistance is a major problem affecting progress on malaria control, while many current programmes are seeking to introduce impregnated bednets to reduce…”
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