Search Results - "Mamadou, O"
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Feasibility of onchocerciasis elimination with ivermectin treatment in endemic foci in Africa: first evidence from studies in Mali and Senegal
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-07-2009)“…Mass treatment with ivermectin is a proven strategy for controlling onchocerciasis as a public health problem, but it is not known if it can also interrupt…”
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Mass drug administration of ivermectin and dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine against malaria in settings with high coverage of standard control interventions: a cluster-randomised controlled trial in The Gambia
Published in The Lancet infectious diseases (01-04-2022)“…Although the malaria burden has substantially decreased in sub-Saharan Africa, progress has stalled. We assessed whether mass administration of ivermectin (a…”
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Proof-of-principle of onchocerciasis elimination with ivermectin treatment in endemic foci in Africa: final results of a study in Mali and Senegal
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-09-2012)“…Mass treatment with ivermectin controls onchocerciasis as a public health problem, but it was not known if it could also interrupt transmission and eliminate…”
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Common epidemiology of Rickettsia felis infection and malaria, Africa
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-11-2013)“…This study aimed to compare the epidemiology of Rickettsia felis infection and malaria in France, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa and to identify a common…”
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Rickettsia species in African Anopheles mosquitoes
Published in PloS one (30-10-2012)“…There is higher rate of R. felis infection among febrile patients than in healthy people in Sub-Saharan Africa, predominantly in the rainy season. Mosquitoes…”
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Modelling the elimination of river blindness using long-term epidemiological and programmatic data from Mali and Senegal
Published in Epidemics (01-03-2017)“…Highlights • Onchocerciasis is earmarked for elimination in some African countries by 2020/2025. • 15+ years of ivermectin treatment drove infection prevalence…”
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Implementing preventive chemotherapy through an integrated National Neglected Tropical Disease Control Program in Mali
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-03-2012)“…Mali is endemic for all five targeted major neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). As one of the five 'fast-track' countries supported with the United States…”
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Beyond early infant diagnosis: case finding strategies for identification of HIV-infected infants and children
Published in AIDS (London) (01-11-2013)“…There are 3.4 million children infected with HIV worldwide, with up to 2.6 million eligible for treatment under current guidelines. However, roughly 70% of…”
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Infectiousness of the human population to Anopheles arabiensis by direct skin feeding in an area hypoendemic for malaria in Senegal
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (01-03-2015)“…Direct skin feeding experiments are sensitive assays to determine human infectiousness to mosquitoes but are rarely used in malaria epidemiological surveys. We…”
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Linkage, initiation and retention of children in the antiretroviral therapy cascade: an overview
Published in AIDS (London) (01-11-2013)“…In 2012, there were an estimated 2 million children in need of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the world, but ART is still reaching fewer than 3 in 10 children…”
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Resistance to DDT and pyrethroids and increased kdr mutation frequency in An. gambiae after the implementation of permethrin-treated nets in Senegal
Published in PloS one (22-02-2012)“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the susceptibility to insecticides of An. gambiae mosquitoes sampled in Dielmo (Senegal), in 2010, 2 years after the…”
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Energy fluxes and surface characteristics over a cultivated area in Benin: daily and seasonal dynamics
Published in Hydrology and earth system sciences (07-03-2014)“…Latent and sensible heat surface fluxes are key factors of the western African monsoon dynamics. However, few long-term observations of these land surface…”
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Prevalence and intensity of urinary schistosomiasis among school children in the district of Niakhar, region of Fatick, Senegal
Published in Parasites & vectors (03-01-2014)“…Urinary schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease that exists in all regions of Senegal. It is a major public health issue in this country. This study was carried…”
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Methods to collect Anopheles mosquitoes and evaluate malaria transmission: a comparative study in two villages in Senegal
Published in Malaria journal (19-09-2011)“…Various methods have been studied as replacement of human landing catches (HLC) for mosquito sampling in entomological studies on malaria transmission…”
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Seroprevalence of pertussis in Senegal: a prospective study
Published in PloS one (31-10-2012)“…Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a vaccine-preventable respiratory disease caused by Bordetella pertussis infection, against which Senegalese…”
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Comparative susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum of the molecular forms M and S of Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles arabiensis
Published in Malaria journal (19-09-2011)“…The different taxa belonging to Anopheles gambiae complex display phenotypic differences that may impact their contribution to malaria transmission. More…”
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Effects of malnutrition on children's immunity to bacterial antigens in Northern Senegal
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (01-03-2014)“…To evaluate immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases according to nutritional status, a longitudinal study was conducted in Senegalese children ages 1-9 years…”
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Low and seasonal malaria transmission in the middle Senegal River basin: identification and characteristics of Anopheles vectors
Published in Parasites & vectors (23-01-2012)“…BACKGROUND: During the last decades two dams were constructed along the Senegal River. These intensified the practice of agriculture along the river valley…”
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Germination, growth and physiological responses of Senegalia senegal (L.) Britton, Vachellia seyal (Delile) P. Hurter and Prosopis juliflora (Swartz) DC to salinity stress in greenhouse conditions
Published in African journal of biotechnology (14-09-2016)“…Salinity is among the most widespread environmental threats to global plant production, especially in arid and semi-arid climates. Thus, the selection of salt…”
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