Search Results - "Ousmane, Faye"
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Molecular evolution of Zika virus during its emergence in the 20(th) century
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2014)“…Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus first isolated in Uganda in 1947. Although entomological and virologic surveillance have reported ZIKV…”
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Transmission potential of Rickettsia felis infection by Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (30-06-2015)“…A growing number of recent reports have implicated Rickettsia felis as a human pathogen, paralleling the increasing detection of R. felis in arthropod hosts…”
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Potential of selected Senegalese Aedes spp. mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) to transmit Zika virus
Published in BMC infectious diseases (02-11-2015)“…Zika virus (ZIKV; genus Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae) is an emerging virus of medical importance maintained in a zoonotic cycle between arboreal Aedes spp…”
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Evaluation of Convalescent Plasma for Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea
Published in The New England journal of medicine (07-01-2016)“…The use of convalescent plasma to treat Ebola virus disease has been a focus of interest since Ebola virus was first identified in the 1970s. However, in this…”
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Enhancing readiness in managing mpox outbreaks in Africa
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (29-06-2024)Get full text
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Molecular Evolution of Zika Virus during Its Emergence in the 20th Century
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-01-2014)“…Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus first isolated in Uganda in 1947. Although entomological and virologic surveillance have reported ZIKV…”
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Responding to the chikungunya virus in west Africa
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (18-05-2024)Get full text
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Zika virus emergence in mosquitoes in southeastern Senegal, 2011
Published in PloS one (13-10-2014)“…Zika virus (ZIKV; genus Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae) is maintained in a zoonotic cycle between arboreal Aedes spp. mosquitoes and nonhuman primates in…”
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Molecular epidemiology and pathogenicity of Wesselsbron virus circulating in Africa
Published in Virus research (01-12-2024)“…•Twenty-five Wesselsbron virus isolates from Africa were successfully characterized.•First identification of recombination events on the genome of Wesselsbron…”
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Reemergence of Human Monkeypox in Nigeria, 2017
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-06-2018)“…In Nigeria, before 2017 the most recent case of human monkeypox had been reported in 1978. By mid-November 2017, a large outbreak caused by the West African…”
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Clinical Presentation of Patients with Ebola Virus Disease in Conakry, Guinea
Published in The New England journal of medicine (01-01-2015)“…Ebola virus disease emerged in West Africa in March of 2014. In this report, the clinical presentation of 37 patients with confirmed EVD in Guinea is described…”
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Autochthonous Japanese Encephalitis with Yellow Fever Coinfection in Africa
Published in The New England journal of medicine (13-04-2017)“…Evidence of local transmission of Japanese encephalitis virus has been identified in Angola, raising questions about the potential spread of this…”
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A recombinase polymerase amplification assay for rapid detection of rabies virus
Published in Scientific reports (04-02-2021)“…Rabies is a generally fatal encephalitis caused by a negative-sense single-stranded RNA lyssavirus transmitted to humans mainly from dog bite. Despite the…”
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Recent African strains of Zika virus display higher transmissibility and fetal pathogenicity than Asian strains
Published in Nature communications (10-02-2021)“…The global emergence of Zika virus (ZIKV) revealed the unprecedented ability for a mosquito-borne virus to cause congenital birth defects. A puzzling aspect of…”
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Chains of transmission and control of Ebola virus disease in Conakry, Guinea, in 2014: an observational study
Published in The Lancet infectious diseases (01-03-2015)“…Summary Background An epidemic of Ebola virus disease of unprecedented size continues in parts of west Africa. For the first time, large urban centres such as…”
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Role of plants in the transmission of Asaia sp., which potentially inhibit the Plasmodium sporogenic cycle in Anopheles mosquitoes
Published in Scientific reports (28-04-2020)“…Biological control against malaria and its transmission is currently a considerable challenge. Plant-associated bacteria of the genus Asaia are frequently…”
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Epidemiology of West Nile virus in Africa: An underestimated threat
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-01-2022)“…West Nile virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus which has been posing continuous challenges to public health worldwide due to the identification of new lineages…”
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Effectiveness of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention in Children under Ten Years of Age in Senegal: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster-Randomised Trial
Published in PLoS medicine (22-11-2016)“…Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) plus amodiaquine (AQ), given each month during the transmission season, is…”
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Genomic characterisation of human monkeypox virus in Nigeria
Published in The Lancet infectious diseases (01-03-2018)“…First identified in 1958, MPXV has caused sporadic human outbreaks in central and west Africa, with a mortality rate between 1% and 10%.1 Viral genomes from…”
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Biological and phylogenetic characteristics of West African lineages of West Nile virus
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (08-11-2017)“…The West Nile virus (WNV), isolated in 1937, is an arbovirus (arthropod-borne virus) that infects thousands of people each year. Despite its burden on global…”
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