Awareness and knowledge of female genital schistosomiasis in a population with high endemicity: a cross-sectional study in Madagascar
This study aimed to determine FGS knowledge among women and health care workers (HCWs) in a highly endemic area of Madagascar.MethodsA convenience sampling strategy was used for this cross-sectional study. Descriptive statistics including proportions and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated, reporting socio-demographic characteristics of the population. Knowledge sources were evaluated descriptively. Binary Poisson regression with robust standard errors was performed; crude (CPR) and adjusted prevalence ratio (APR) with 95% CIs were calculated.ResultsA total of 783 participants were included in the study. Among wo...
Source: Frontiers in Microbiology - October 9, 2023 Category: Microbiology Source Type: research
Incidence and risk factors of neonatal bacterial infections: a community-based cohort from Madagascar (2018 –2021)
Few studies on neonatal severe bacterial infection are available in LMICs. Data are needed in these countries to prioritize interventions and decrease neonatal infections which are a primary cause of neonatal ... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - October 5, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Ines Devred, Lison Rambliere, Perlinot Herindrainy, Lovarivelo Andriamarohasina, Aina Harimanana, Frederique Randrianirina, Elisoa Hariniaina Ratsima, Delphine Hivernaud, Elsa Kermorvant-Duchemin, Zafitsara Zo Andrianirina, Armya Youssouf Abdou, Elisabeth Tags: Research Source Type: research
Morbidity and mortality burden of COVID-19 in rural Madagascar: results from a longitudinal cohort and nested seroprevalence study
CONCLUSION: Our study provides a very granular understanding on COVID-19 transmission and mortality in a rural population of sub-Saharan Africa and suggests that the disease burden in these areas may have been substantially underestimated.PMID:37793001 | DOI:10.1093/ije/dyad135 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - October 4, 2023 Category: Rural Health Authors: Andres Garchitorena Lova Tsikiniaina Rasoloharimanana Rado Jl Rakotonanahary Michelle V Evans Ann C Miller Karen E Finnegan Laura F Cordier Giovanna Cowley Benedicte Razafinjato Marius Randriamanambintsoa Samuel Andrianambinina Stephen J Popper Rapha ël Source Type: research
Morbidity and mortality burden of COVID-19 in rural Madagascar: results from a longitudinal cohort and nested seroprevalence study
CONCLUSION: Our study provides a very granular understanding on COVID-19 transmission and mortality in a rural population of sub-Saharan Africa and suggests that the disease burden in these areas may have been substantially underestimated.PMID:37793001 | DOI:10.1093/ije/dyad135 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - October 4, 2023 Category: Rural Health Authors: Andres Garchitorena Lova Tsikiniaina Rasoloharimanana Rado Jl Rakotonanahary Michelle V Evans Ann C Miller Karen E Finnegan Laura F Cordier Giovanna Cowley Benedicte Razafinjato Marius Randriamanambintsoa Samuel Andrianambinina Stephen J Popper Rapha ël Source Type: research
News at a glance: China ’s S & T clusters, abundant fairy circles, and Arecibo ’s next chapter
BIOGEOGRAPHY
Fairy circles abound in dry regions of many countries
Mysterious patches of vegetation called fairy circles are well documented in the drylands of Australia and Namibia. Now, a study that combines machine learning and satellite images that span the continents reports examples in
13 other countries, mainly in Africa
. Many of the 263 sites identified—in the Sahara and Madagascar, for example—have never before been recorded by scientists. Fairy circles consist of a ring of tall grass surrounding a patch of bare soil up to 12 meters in diameter. Researchers have attributed th...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - September 28, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Plague Gives Surprises in the Second Decade of the Twenty-First Century
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Sep 25:tpmd230331. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0331. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFrom 2010 through 2019, the six leading countries by numbers of human plague cases reported to the WHO were, in order from highest to lowest, Madagascar, Congo, Uganda, Peru, Tanzania, and the United States. From these countries, there was a total of 4,547 cases, of whom 786 (17%) died. Top plague events were four outbreaks of primary pneumonic plague in Madagascar that affected 1,936 persons, including index cases, of whom 137 died. One of the outbreaks was caused by a streptomycin-resistant strain of Yersinia pestis. Pers...
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - September 25, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Thomas Butler Source Type: research
Description of multiple myeloma cases and assessment of survival and mortality factors in Madagascar
CONCLUSION: Patient survival is shorter than reported in the literature. The high mortality rate is due to comorbidities and limited access to recommended therapies.PMID:37746751 | DOI:10.1080/16078454.2023.2261803 (Source: Hematology)
Source: Hematology - September 25, 2023 Category: Hematology Authors: Rova Malala Fandresena Randrianarisoa Val éry Refeno Ny Ony Tiana Florence Andrianandrasana Fidiarivony Ralison Hanta Marie Danielle Vololontiana Florine Rafaramino Source Type: research
Plague Gives Surprises in the Second Decade of the Twenty-First Century
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Sep 25:tpmd230331. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0331. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFrom 2010 through 2019, the six leading countries by numbers of human plague cases reported to the WHO were, in order from highest to lowest, Madagascar, Congo, Uganda, Peru, Tanzania, and the United States. From these countries, there was a total of 4,547 cases, of whom 786 (17%) died. Top plague events were four outbreaks of primary pneumonic plague in Madagascar that affected 1,936 persons, including index cases, of whom 137 died. One of the outbreaks was caused by a streptomycin-resistant strain of Yersinia pestis. Pers...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - September 25, 2023 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Thomas Butler Source Type: research
Plague Gives Surprises in the Second Decade of the Twenty-First Century
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Sep 25:tpmd230331. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0331. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFrom 2010 through 2019, the six leading countries by numbers of human plague cases reported to the WHO were, in order from highest to lowest, Madagascar, Congo, Uganda, Peru, Tanzania, and the United States. From these countries, there was a total of 4,547 cases, of whom 786 (17%) died. Top plague events were four outbreaks of primary pneumonic plague in Madagascar that affected 1,936 persons, including index cases, of whom 137 died. One of the outbreaks was caused by a streptomycin-resistant strain of Yersinia pestis. Pers...
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - September 25, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Thomas Butler Source Type: research
Description of multiple myeloma cases and assessment of survival and mortality factors in Madagascar
CONCLUSION: Patient survival is shorter than reported in the literature. The high mortality rate is due to comorbidities and limited access to recommended therapies.PMID:37746751 | DOI:10.1080/16078454.2023.2261803 (Source: Hematology)
Source: Hematology - September 25, 2023 Category: Hematology Authors: Rova Malala Fandresena Randrianarisoa Val éry Refeno Ny Ony Tiana Florence Andrianandrasana Fidiarivony Ralison Hanta Marie Danielle Vololontiana Florine Rafaramino Source Type: research
Plague Gives Surprises in the Second Decade of the Twenty-First Century
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Sep 25:tpmd230331. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0331. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFrom 2010 through 2019, the six leading countries by numbers of human plague cases reported to the WHO were, in order from highest to lowest, Madagascar, Congo, Uganda, Peru, Tanzania, and the United States. From these countries, there was a total of 4,547 cases, of whom 786 (17%) died. Top plague events were four outbreaks of primary pneumonic plague in Madagascar that affected 1,936 persons, including index cases, of whom 137 died. One of the outbreaks was caused by a streptomycin-resistant strain of Yersinia pestis. Pers...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - September 25, 2023 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Thomas Butler Source Type: research
Plague Gives Surprises in the Second Decade of the Twenty-First Century
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Sep 25:tpmd230331. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0331. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFrom 2010 through 2019, the six leading countries by numbers of human plague cases reported to the WHO were, in order from highest to lowest, Madagascar, Congo, Uganda, Peru, Tanzania, and the United States. From these countries, there was a total of 4,547 cases, of whom 786 (17%) died. Top plague events were four outbreaks of primary pneumonic plague in Madagascar that affected 1,936 persons, including index cases, of whom 137 died. One of the outbreaks was caused by a streptomycin-resistant strain of Yersinia pestis. Pers...
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - September 25, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Thomas Butler Source Type: research
Description of multiple myeloma cases and assessment of survival and mortality factors in Madagascar
CONCLUSION: Patient survival is shorter than reported in the literature. The high mortality rate is due to comorbidities and limited access to recommended therapies.PMID:37746751 | DOI:10.1080/16078454.2023.2261803 (Source: Hematology)
Source: Hematology - September 25, 2023 Category: Hematology Authors: Rova Malala Fandresena Randrianarisoa Val éry Refeno Ny Ony Tiana Florence Andrianandrasana Fidiarivony Ralison Hanta Marie Danielle Vololontiana Florine Rafaramino Source Type: research
Plague Gives Surprises in the Second Decade of the Twenty-First Century
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Sep 25:tpmd230331. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0331. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFrom 2010 through 2019, the six leading countries by numbers of human plague cases reported to the WHO were, in order from highest to lowest, Madagascar, Congo, Uganda, Peru, Tanzania, and the United States. From these countries, there was a total of 4,547 cases, of whom 786 (17%) died. Top plague events were four outbreaks of primary pneumonic plague in Madagascar that affected 1,936 persons, including index cases, of whom 137 died. One of the outbreaks was caused by a streptomycin-resistant strain of Yersinia pestis. Pers...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - September 25, 2023 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Thomas Butler Source Type: research
Plague Gives Surprises in the Second Decade of the Twenty-First Century
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Sep 25:tpmd230331. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0331. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFrom 2010 through 2019, the six leading countries by numbers of human plague cases reported to the WHO were, in order from highest to lowest, Madagascar, Congo, Uganda, Peru, Tanzania, and the United States. From these countries, there was a total of 4,547 cases, of whom 786 (17%) died. Top plague events were four outbreaks of primary pneumonic plague in Madagascar that affected 1,936 persons, including index cases, of whom 137 died. One of the outbreaks was caused by a streptomycin-resistant strain of Yersinia pestis. Pers...
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - September 25, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Thomas Butler Source Type: research
