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Medical Research

Medical data and research from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) field operations are regularly published in the peer-reviewed literature.

Below is a selection of recently published MSF medical research articles. For copies or to search all MSF research publications, please visit the MSF Field Research website, or contact Dr. Patricia Kahn, Medical Editor, patricia.kahn[at]newyork.msf.org.

MSF research articles on Ethiopia

September 1, 2009

Natural history of a visceral leishmaniasis outbreak in highland Ethiopia

Mercè Herrero, Giannos Orfanos, Daniel Argaw, Abate Mulugeta, Pilar Aparicio, Fernando Parreño, Oscar Bernal, Daniel Rubens, Jaime Pedraza, Maria Angeles Lima, Laurence Flevaud, Pedro Pablo Palma, Seife Bashaye, Jorge Alvar, Caryn Bern
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2009;81:373-7.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Ethiopia, Kala Azar, Neglected Diseases

April 17, 2008

Concordant HIV infection and visceral leishmaniasis in Ethiopia: The influence of antiretroviral treatment and other factors on outcome

Rachel ter Horst, Simon M. Collin, Koert Ritmeijer, Adey Bogale, Robert N. Davidson
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2008;46:1702-1709. (doi: 10.1086/587899)

Ethiopia, HIV/AIDS, Kala Azar, Neglected Diseases

April 1, 2007

Can height-adjusted cut-offs improve MUAC's utility as an assessment tool?

Michel Van Herp, An Verwulgen, Bérengère Leurquin, Pascale Delchevalerie
Field Exchange 2007;30:23-26.

Chad, Darfur, Ethiopia, Malnutrition, Sudan

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