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Medical ResearchMedical 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.
May 26, 2011Challenges of controlling sleeping sickness in areas of violent conflict: experience in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Jacqueline Tong, Olaf Valverde, Claude Mahoudeau, Oliver Yun, Francois Chappuis
May 24, 2011The use of a mobile laboratory unit in support of patient management and epidemiological surveillance during the 2005 Marburg outbreak in Angola
Allen Grolla, Steven M. Jones, Lisa Fernando, James E. Strong, Ute Ströher, Peggy Möller, Janusz T. Paweska, Felicity Burt, Pedro Pablo Palma, Armand Sprecher, Pierre Formenty, Cathy Roth, Heinz Feldmann
May 12, 2011Viral load testing in a resource-limited setting: quality control is critical
Jane Greig, Philipp du Cros, Derryck Klarkowski, Clair Mills, Steffen Jorgensen, P Richard Harrigan, Daniel P O'Brien
April 19, 2011Feasibility, diagnostic accuracy, and effectiveness of decentralised use of the Xpert MTB/RIF test for diagnosis of tuberculosis and multidrug resistance: a multicentre implementation study
Catharina C Boehme, Mark P Nicol, Pamela Nabeta, Joy S Michael, Eduardo Gotuzzo, Rasim Tahirli, Ma Tarcela Gler, Robert Blakemore, William Worodria, Christen Gray, Laurence Huang, Tatiana Caceres, Rafail Mehdiyev, Lawrence Raymond, Andrew Whitelaw, Kalaiselvan Sagadevan, Heather Alexander, Heidi Albert, Frank Cobelens, Helen Cox, David Alland, Mark D Perkins
April 1, 2011Who is a typical patient with visceral leishmaniasis? Characterizing the demographic and nutritional profile of patients in Brazil, East Africa, and South Asia
Michael O. Harhay, Piero L. Olliaro, Michel Vaillant, François Chappuis, María Angeles Lima, Koert Ritmeijer, Carlos Henrique Costa, Dorcas Lamounier Costa, Suman Rijal, Shyam Sundar, Manica Balasegaram
March 7, 2011Integrating mental health into primary care for displaced populations: the experience of Mindanao, Philippines
Yolanda Mueller, Susanna Cristofani, Carmen Rodriguez, Rohani T Malaguiok, Tatiana Gil, Rebecca F Grais, Renato Souza
Confl Health 2011;5:3
Conflict and Health
February 17, 2011Correcting for mortality among patients lost to follow up on antiretroviral therapy in South Africa: a cohort analysis
Gilles Van Cutsem, Nathan Ford, Katherine Hildebrand, Eric Goemaere, Shaheed Mathee, Musaed Abrahams, David Coetzee, Andrew Boulle
January 18, 2011Correcting mortality for loss to follow-up: a nomogram applied to antiretroviral treatment programmes in sub-Saharan Africa
Matthias Egger, Ben D. Spycher, John Sidle, Ralf Weigel, Elvin H. Geng, Matthew P. Fox, Patrick MacPhail, Gilles van Cutsem, Eugène Messou, Robin Wood, Denis Nash, Margaret Pascoe, Diana Dickinson, Jean-François Etard, James A. McIntyre, Martin W. G. Brinkhof, for IeDEA East Africa, West Africa and Southern Africa
January 10, 2011Nutrition outcomes of HIV-infected malnourished adults treated with ready-to-use therapeutic food in sub-Saharan Africa: a longitudinal study
Laurence Ahoua, Chantal Umutoni, Helena Huerga, Andrea Minetti, Elisabeth Szumilin, Suna Balkan, David M Olson, Sarala Nicholas, Mar Pujades-Rodriguez
J Int AIDS Soc 2011;14:2.
Journal of the International AIDS Society
December 1, 2010Characteristics, immunological response & treatment outcomes of HIV-2 compared with HIV-1 & dual infections (HIV 1/ 2) in Mumbai
December 1, 2010Tuberculosis treatment in a refugee and migrant population: 20 years of experience on the Thai-Burmese border
Minetti A, Camelique O, Hsa Thaw K, Thi S, Swaddiwudhipong W, Hewison C, Pinoges L, Bonnet M, Guerin PJ
November 19, 2010Immunovirological outcomes and resistance patterns at 4 years of antiretroviral therapy use in HIV-infected patients in Cambodia
Mar Pujades-Rodriguez, Birgit Schramm, Leakena Som, Eric Nerrienet, Prak Narom, Ngeth Chanchhaya, Laurent Ferradini, Suna Balkan
November 15, 2010High mortality among older patients treated with pentavalent antimonials for visceral leishmaniasis in East Africa and rationale for switch to liposomal amphotericin B [letter]
Francois Chappuis, Emilie Alirol, Dagemlidet T. Worku, Yolanda Mueller, Koert Ritmeijer
November 13, 2010Descriptive spatial analysis of the cholera epidemic 2008-2009 in Harare, Zimbabwe: a secondary data analysis
Miguel Ángel Luque Fernández, Peter R. Mason, Henry Gray, Ariane Bauernfeind, Jean François Fesselet, Peter Maes
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2011;105(1):38-45.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
November 13, 2010Distribution of antiretroviral treatment through self-forming groups of patients in Tete province, Mozambique
Tom Decroo, Barbara Telfer, Marc Biot, Jacob Maikere, Sergio Dezembro, Luisa Isabel Cumba, Carla das Dores, Kathryn Chu, Nathan Ford
November 8, 2010Artesunate versus quinine in the treatment of severe falciparum malaria in African children (AQUAMAT): an open-label, randomised trial
Arjen M Dondorp et al, for the AQUAMAT group
Lancet 2010;376(9753):1647-57. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61924-1)
Child, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Malaria, Mozambique, Nigeria, Paediatric Care, Rwanda, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania
November 8, 2010Violence against civilians and access to health care in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo: three cross-sectional surveys
Kathryn P Alberti, Emmanuel Grellety, Ya-Ching Lin, Jonathan Polonsky, Katrien Coppens, Luis Encinas, Marie-Noëlle Rodrigue, Biagio Pedalino, Vital Mondonge
Conflict and Health 2010;4:17. (doi: 10.1186/1752-1505-4-17)
Conflict in Eastern DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sexual Violence
October 25, 2010New diagnostics for tuberculosis: fulfilling patient needs first
Jean-Francois Lemaire, Martina Casenghi
October 22, 2010Vibrio cholerae O1 variant with reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin, western Africa [letter]
Marie-Laure Quilici, Denis Massenet, Bouba Gake, Barem Bwalki, David M. Olson
September 9, 2010Effectiveness of five artemisinin combination regimens with or without primaquine in uncomplicated falciparum malaria: an open-label randomised trial
Frank Smithuis, Moe Kyaw Kyaw, Ohn Phe, Thein Win, Pyay Phyo Aung, Aung Pyay Phyo Oo, Arkar Linn Naing, Mya Yee Nyo, Naing Zaw Htun Myint, Mallika Imwong, Elizabeth Ashley, Sue J Lee, Nicholas J White
August 16, 2010Operative mortality in resource-limited settings: the experience of Medecins Sans Frontieres in 13 countries
Kathryn M Chu, Nathan Ford, Miguel Trelles Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Surgery
August 11, 2010Challenges in mass drug administration for treating lymphatic filariasis in Papua, Indonesia
Navneet Bhullar, Jacob Maikere
August 1, 2010Effectiveness and safety of liposomal amphotericin B for visceral leishmaniasis under routine program conditions in Bihar, India
Prabhat K. Sinha, Paul Roddy, Pedro Pablo Palma, Alice Kociejowski, María Angeles Lima, Vidya Nand Rabi Das, Jitendra Gupta, Nawin Kumar, Gaurab Mitra, Jean-François Saint-Sauveur, Siju Seena, Manica Balasegaram, Fernando Parreño, Krishna Pandey
July 26, 2010Reducing wasting in young children with preventive supplementation: a cohort study in Niger
Sheila Isanaka, Thomas Roederer, Ali Djibo, Francisco J. Luquero, Nohelly Nombela, Philippe J. Guerin, Rebecca F. Grais
July 18, 2010Treatment failure and mortality factors in patients receiving second-line HIV therapy in resource-limited countries
Mar Pujades-Rodríguez, Suna Balkan, Line Arnould, Martin A. W. Brinkhof, Alexandra Calmy; for the AIDS Working Group of MSF
July 8, 2010AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma is linked to advanced disease and high mortality in a primary care HIV programme in South Africa
Kathryn M Chu, Gcina Mahlangeni, Sarah Swannet, Nathan P Ford, Andrew Boulle, Gilles Van Cutsem
June 29, 2010Accuracy of MUAC in the detection of severe wasting with the new WHO growth standards
Miguel Ángel Luque Fernández, Pascale Delchevalerie, Michel van Herp
June 17, 2010Provision of antiretroviral treatment in conflict settings: the experience of Médecins Sans Frontières
Daniel P O'Brien, Sarah Venis, Jane Greig, Leslie Shanks, Tom Ellman, Kalpana Sabapathy, Lisa Frigati, Clair Mills
June 8, 2010Visceral leishmaniasis relapse in southern Sudan (1999-2007): a retrospective study of risk factors and trends
Stanislaw Gorski, Simon M. Collin, Koert Ritmeijer, Kees Keus, Francis Gatluak, Marius Mueller, Robert N. Davidson
May 4, 2010Factors associated with Marburg hemorrhagic fever: analysis of patient data from Uige, Angola
Paul Roddy, Sara L. Thomas, Benjamin Jeffs, Pascoal Nascimento Folo, Pedro Pablo Palma, Bengi Moco Henrique, Luis Villa, Fernando Paixao Damiao Machado, Oscar Bernal, Steven M. Jones, James E. Strong, Heinz Feldmann, Matthias Borchert
April 29, 2010Vital status of pre-ART and ART patients defaulting from care in rural Malawi
Megan McGuire, Tamika Munyenyembe, Elisabeth Szumilin, Annette Heinzelmann, Mickael Le Paih, Nenette Bouithy, Mar Pujades-Rodríguez
April 12, 2010Antiretroviral therapy outcomes in resource-limited settings for HIV-infected children <5 years of age
Delphine Sauvageot, Myrto Schaefer, David Olson, Mar Pujades-Rodriguez, Daniel P. O'Brien
April 9, 2010Impact of introducing human immunodeficiency virus testing, treatment and care in a tuberculosis clinic in rural Kenya
H Huerga, H Spillane, W Guerrero, A Odongo, F Varaine
March 23, 2010Effectiveness of ready-to-use therapeutic food compared to a corn/soy-blend-based pre-mix for the treatment of childhood moderate acute malnutrition in Niger
Fabienne Nackers, France Broillet, Diakité Oumarou, Ali Djibo, Valérie Gaboulaud, Philippe J. Guerin, Barbara Rusch, Rebecca F. Grais, Valérie Captier
March 1, 2010Reactive vaccination as an effective tool for measles outbreak control in measles mortality reduction settings, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2005-2006
Kathryn P. Alberti, Lisa A. King, Marie-Eve Burny, Benoit Kebela Ilunga, Rebecca F. Grais
February 1, 2010Human African trypanosomiasis in areas without surveillance [letter]
François Chappuis, Maria Angeles Lima, Laurence Flevaud, Koert Ritmeijer Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sleeping Sickness
January 26, 2010Microscopy quality control in Médecins Sans Frontières programs in resource-limited settings
Derryck B Klarkowski, Juan Daniel Orozco
January 21, 2010Assessment of two malaria rapid diagnostic tests in children under five years of age, with follow-up of false-positive pLDH test results, in a hyperendemic falciparum malaria area, Sierra Leone
Sibylle Gerstl, Sophie Dunkley, Ahmed Mukhtar, Martin De Smet, Samuel Baker, Jacob Maikere
January 19, 2010In vivo parasitological measures of artemisinin susceptibility
Kasia Stepniewska, Sue J Lee, Nicholas Anstey, Karen I Barnes, Tran Quang Binh, Umberto D’Alessandro, Nicholas PJ Day, Peter J de Vries, Grant Dorsey, Jean-Paul Guthmann, Mayfong Mayxay, Paul N Newton, Piero Olliaro, Lyda Osorio, Ric N Price, Mark Rowland, Frank Smithuis, Walter RJ Taylor, François Nosten, Nicholas J White
January 18, 2010Conducting operational research within a non governmental organization: the example of Médecins Sans Frontières
Rony Zachariah, Nathan Ford, Bertrand Draguez, Oliver Yun, Tony Reid
January 6, 2010Seven-year experience of a primary care antiretroviral treatment programme in Khayelitsha, South Africa
Andrew Boulle, Gilles Van Cutsem, Katherine Hilderbrand, Carol Cragg, Musaed Abrahams, Shaheed Mathee, Nathan Ford, Louise Knight, Meg Osler, Jonny Myers, Eric Goemaere, David Coetzee, Gary Maartens
December 1, 2009Directly observed antiretroviral therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials
Nathan Ford, Jean B Nachega, Mark E Engel, Edward J Mills
November 26, 2009Malnutrition and mortality patterns among internally displaced and non-displaced population living in a camp, a village or a town in Eastern ChadGilles Guerrier, Malaïka Zounoun, Olimpia Delarosa, Isabelle Defourny, Michelo Lacharite, Vincent Brown, Biagio Pedalino
November 23, 2009Outcomes after chemotherapy with WHO category II regimen in a population with high prevalence of drug resistant tuberculosisFrancine Matthys, Leen Rigouts, Vinciane Sizaire, Natalia Vezhnina, Maryvonne Lecoq, Vera Golubeva, Françoise Portaels, Patrick Van der Stuyft, Michael Kimerling
November 1, 2009Treatment and seroconversion in a cohort of children suffering from recent chronic Chagas infection in Yoro, Honduras
Josep M Escribà, Elisa Ponce, Alberto de Dios Romero, Pedro Albajar Viñas, Andrea Marchiol, Glòria Bassets, Pedro Pablo Palma, M Angeles Lima, Concepción Zúniga, Carlos Ponce
October 8, 2009Antiretroviral treatment outcomes from a nurse-driven, community-supported HIV/AIDS treatment programme in rural Lesotho: observational cohort assessment at two yearsRachel Cohen, Sharonann Lynch, Helen Bygrave, Evi Eggers, Natalie Vlahakis, Katherine Hilderbrand, Louise Knight, Prinitha Pillay, Peter Saranchuk, Eric Goemaere, Lipontso Makakole, Nathan Ford
October 5, 2009Field evaluation of two rapid diagnostic tests for Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A during the 2006 outbreak in Niger
Angela M. C. Rose, Sibylle Gerstl, Ali E-H Mahamane, Fati Sidikou, Saacou Djibo, Laurence Bonte, Dominique A. Caugant, Philippe J. Guerin, Suzanne Chanteau
September 23, 2009Trauma-related psychological disorders among Palestinian children and adults in Gaza and West Bank, 2005-2008
Emmanuelle Espié, Valérie Gaboulaud, Thierry Baubet, German Casas, Yoram Mouchenik, Oliver Yun, Rebecca F Grais, Marie Rose Moro
September 22, 2009Comparative cost-effectiveness analysis of two MSF surgical trauma centers
September 10, 2009Learning lessons from field surveys in humanitarian contexts: a case study of field surveys conducted in North Kivu, DRC 2006-2008
Rebecca F Grais, Francisco J Luquero, Emmanuel Grellety, Heloise Pham, Benjamin Coghlan, Pierre Salignon Conflict in Eastern DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Operational Research
September 1, 2009Monitoring the South African National Antiretroviral Treatment Programme, 2003-2007: the IeDEA Southern Africa collaborationMorna Cornell, Karl Technau, Lara Fairall, Robin Wood, Harry Moultrie, Gilles Van Cutsem, Janet Giddy, Lerato Mohapi, Brian Eley, Patrick MacPhail, Hans Prozesky, Helena Rabie, Mary-Ann Davies, Nicola Maxwell, Andrew Boulle, International epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS Southern Africa Collaboration
September 1, 2009Burden of disease and circulating serotypes of rotavirus infection in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis
Elisabeth Sanchez-Padilla, Rebecca F Grais, Philippe J Guerin, Andrew D Steele, Marie-Eve Burny, Francisco J Luquero
September 1, 2009Risk factors and true outcomes for lost to follow-up individuals in an antiretroviral treatment programme in Tete, Mozambique
Caroline Caluwaerts, Rosa Maendaenda, Fernando Maldonado, Marc Biot, Nathan Ford, Kathryn Chu
September 1, 2009Evaluation of FASTPlaqueTB to diagnose smear-negative tuberculosis in a peripheral clinic in Kenya
M Bonnet, L Gagnidze, F Varaine, A Ramsay, W Githui, PJ Guerin
September 1, 2009Natural 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
August 20, 2009Excellent outcomes among HIV+ children on ART, but unacceptably high pre-ART mortality and losses to follow-up: a cohort study from Cambodia
August 6, 2009Ten years of experience training non-physician anesthesia providers in Haiti
Peter Rosseel, Miguel Trelles, Seydouba Guilavogui, Nathan Ford, Kathryn Chu
July 29, 2009Safety and efficacy of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in falciparum malaria: A prospective multi-centre individual patient data analysisJulien Zwang, Elizabeth A. Ashley, Corine Karema, Umberto D'Alessandro, Frank Smithuis, Grant Dorsey, Bart Janssens, Mayfong Mayxay, Paul Newton, Pratap Singhasivanon, Kasia Stepniewska, Nicholas J. White, François Nosten
July 28, 2009Research ethics review in humanitarian contexts: The experience of the independent ethics review board of Médecins Sans Frontières
Doris Schopper, Ross Upshur, Francine Matthys, Jerome Amir Singh, Sunita Sheel Bandewar, Aasim Ahmad, Els van Dongen
July 22, 2009Prevalence study of yaws in the Democratic Republic of Congo using the lot quality assurance sampling method
Sibylle Gerstl, Gedeon Kiwila, Mehul Dhorda, Sylvaine Lonlas, Mark Myatt, Benoit Kebela Ilunga, Denis Lemasson, Elisabeth Szumilin, Philippe J. Guerin, Laurent Ferradini
July 21, 2009Mental health treatment outcomes in a humanitarian emergency: A pilot model for the integration of mental health into primary care in Habilla, Darfur
Renato Souza, Silvia Yasuda, Susanna Cristofani
July 17, 2009An integrated approach of community health worker support for HIV/AIDS and TB care in Angónia district, MozambiqueSandrine Simon, Kathryn Chu, Marthe Frieden, Baltazar Candrinho, Nathan Ford, Helen Schneider, Marc Biot
July 14, 2009Treating 4,000 diabetic patients in Cambodia, a high-prevalence but resource-limited setting: a 5-year study
Marie-Eve Raguenaud, Petros Isaakidis, Tony Reid, Say Chy, Lim Keuky, Gemma Arellano, Wim Van Damme
July 13, 2009Evaluation of a 5-year programme to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection in northern Uganda
July 7, 2009Feasibility, drug safety, and effectiveness of etiological treatment programs for Chagas disease in Honduras, Guatemala, and Bolivia: 10-year experience of Médecins Sans Frontières
Oliver Yun, M. Angeles Lima, Tom Ellman, Wilma Chambi, Sandra Castillo, Laurence Flevaud, Paul Roddy, Fernando Parreño, Pedro Albajar Viñas, Pedro Pablo Palma Bolivia, Chagas Disease, Guatemala, Honduras, Neglected Diseases
July 1, 2009Idiopathic CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia with cryptococcal meningitis: First case report from CambodiaEsdras Augusto, Marie-Eve Raguenaud, Chindamony Kim, Mam Mony, Petros Isaakidis
June 24, 2009Nifurtimox-eflornithine combination therapy for second-stage African Trypanosoma brucei gambiense trypanosomiasis: A multicentre, randomised, phase III, non-inferiority trial
Gerardo Priotto, Serena Kasparian, Wilfried Mutombo, Daniel Ngouama, Sara Ghorashian, Ute Arnold, Salah Ghabri, Elisabeth Baudin, Vincent Buard, Serge Kazadi-Kyanza, Médard Ilunga, Willy Mutangala, Gabriele Pohlig, Caecilia Schmid, Unni Karunakara, Els Torreele, Victor Kande Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Neglected Diseases, Sleeping Sickness
June 23, 2009Prevalence of buruli ulcer in Akonolinga health district, Cameroon: Results of a cross sectional surveyKlaudia Porten, Karen Sailor, Eric Comte, Adelaide Njikap, Agnes Sobry, Francois Sihom, Abanda Meva'a, Sarah Eyangoh, Mark Myatt, Fabienne Nackers, Rebecca F. Grais
June 22, 2009Risk factors for in-hospital mortality of visceral leishmaniasis patients in eastern Uganda
Yolanda Mueller, Dawson B. Mbulamberi, Peter Odermatt, Axel Hoffmann, Louis Loutan, François Chappuis
June 18, 2009Characteristics of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Abkhazia (Georgia), a high-prevalence area in Eastern EuropeManuela Pardinia, Stefan Niemann, Francis Varaine, Elisabetta Iona, Francesca Meacci, Germano Orrù, Hasan Yesilkaya, Thierry Jarosz, Peter Andrew, Mike Barer, Francesco Checchi, Heinz Rinder, Graziella Orefici, Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes, Lanfranco Fattorini, Marco Rinaldo Oggioni, Maryline Bonnet
June 4, 2009Mortality of patients lost to follow-Up in antiretroviral treatment programmes in resource-limited settings: Systematic review and meta-analysisMartin W. G. Brinkhof, Mar Pujades-Rodriguez, Matthias Egger
May 26, 2009Very early mortality in patients starting antiretroviral treatment at primary health centres in rural Malawi
May 6, 2009A large-scale distribution of milk-based fortified spreads: Evidence for a new approach in regions with high burden of acute malnutritionIsabelle Defourny, Andrea Minetti, Géza Harczi, Stéphane Doyon, Susan Shepherd, Milton Tectonidis, Jean-Hervé Bradol, Michael Golden
April 1, 2009Evaluation of psychological support for victims of sexual violence in a conflict setting: results from Brazzaville, Congo
Sarah Hustache, Marie-Rose Moro, Jacky Roptin, Renato Souza, Grégoire Magloire Gansou, Alain Mbemba, Thomas Roederer, Rebecca F Grais, Valérie Gaboulaud, Thierry Baubet
March 24, 2009Mortality, violence and access to care in two districts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Frédérique Ponsar, Nathan Ford, Michel Van Herp, Silvia Mancini, Catherine Bachy
March 17, 2009Patient retention and attrition on antiretroviral treatment at district level in rural Malawi
March 3, 2009Prognostic accuracy of WHO growth standards to predict mortality in a large-scale nutritional program in NigerNathanael Lapidus, Francisco J. Luquero, Valérie Gaboulaud, Susan Shepherd, Rebecca F. Grais
February 25, 2009Dried blood spots are a useful tool for quality assurance of rapid HIV testing in Kigali, Rwanda
February 24, 2009Adult and paediatric mortality patterns in a referral hospital in Liberia 1 year after the end of the war
Helena Huerga, Brigitte Vasset, Elisa Prados
February 18, 2009Risk factors for Buruli ulcer in Côte d’Ivoire: results of a case-control study, August 2001Laurence Ahoua, Aka N. Guetta, Euloge Ekaza, Samir Bouzid, Raymond N’Guessan, Mireille Dosso
February 11, 2009Outcomes of a remote, decentralized health center-based HIV/AIDS antiretroviral program in Zambia, 2003 to 2007
Riekje Elema, Clair Mills, Oliver Yun, Kamalini Lokuge, Charles Ssonko, Nashiola Nyirongo, Velepi Mtonga, Henry Zulu, David Tu, Meggy Verputten, Daniel P. O’Brien
February 6, 2009The evaluation of a rapid in situ HIV confirmation test in a programme with a high failure rate of the WHO HIV two-test diagnostic algorithm
Derryck B. Klarkowski, Joseph M. Wazome, Kamalini M. Lokuge, Leslie Shanks, Clair F. Mills, Daniel P. O'Brien
February 1, 2009Comparison of the new World Health Organization growth standards and the National Center for Health Statistics growth reference regarding mortality of malnourished children treated in a 2006 nutrition program in Niger
Nancy M. Dale, Rebecca F. Grais, Andrea Minetti, Juhani Miettola, Noel C. Barengo
January 29, 2009Mortality risk among children admitted in a large-scale nutritional program in Niger, 2006Nael Lapidus, Andrea Minetti, Ali Djibo, Philippe J. Guerin, Sarah Hustache, Valérie Gaboulaud, Rebecca F. Grais
January 21, 2009Effect of preventive supplementation with ready-to-use therapeutic food on the nutritional status, mortality, and morbidity of children aged 6 to 60 months in Niger: A cluster randomized trial
Sheila Isanaka, Nohelly Nombela, Ali Djibo, Marie Poupard, Dominique Van Beckhoven, Valérie Gaboulaud, Philippe J. Guerin, Rebecca F. Grais
December 29, 2008Assessing the impact of the introduction of the World Health Organization growth standards and weight-for-height z-score criterion on the response to treatment of severe acute malnutrition in children: Secondary data analysis
Sheila Isanaka, Eduardo Villamor, Susan Shepherd, Rebecca F. Grais
December 4, 2008Providing HIV care in the aftermath of Kenya's post-election violence Medecins Sans Frontieres' lessons learned January - March 2008
December 2, 2008Immunogenicity of fractional doses of tetravalent A/C/Y/W135 meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine: Results from a randomized non-inferiority controlled trial in UgandaPhilippe J. Guerin, Lisbeth M. Næss, Carole Fogg, Einar Rosenqvist, Loretxu Pinoges, Francis Bajunirwe, Carolyn Nabasumba, Ray Borrow, Leif O. Frøholm, Salah Ghabri, Vincent Batwala, Rogers Twesigye, Ingeborg S. Aaberge, John-Arne Røttingen, Patrice Piola, Dominique A. Caugant
October 22, 2008Effectiveness of melarsoprol and eflornithine as first-line regimens for gambiense sleeping sickness in nine Médecins Sans Frontières programmes
Manica Balasegaram, Heather Young, François Chappuis, Gerardo Priotto, Marie-Eve Raguenaud, Francesco Checchi
October 14, 2008Conflict in the Indian Kashmir Valley II: Psychosocial impact
Kaz de Jong, Saskia van de Kam, Nathan Ford, Kamalini Lokuge, Silke Fromm, Renate van Galen, Brigg Reilley, Rolf Kleber
October 14, 2008Conflict in the Indian Kashmir Valley I: Exposure to violence
Kaz de Jong, Nathan Ford, Saskia van de Kam, Kamalini Lokuge, Silke Fromm, Renate van Galen, Brigg Reilley, Rolf Kleber
October 5, 2008Decreased peripheral health service utilisation during an outbreak of Marburg haemorrhagic fever, Uíge, Angola, 2005
October 2, 2008Success with antiretroviral treatment for children in Kigali, Rwanda: Experience with health center/nurse-based care
September 17, 2008Viraemia and HIV-1 drug resistance mutations among patients receiving antiretroviral treatment in Mozambique
F Maldonado, M Biot, F Roman, C Masquelier, M Anapenge, R Bastos, HC Chuquela, V Arendt, JC Schmit, R Zachariah
September 1, 2008Evaluation of a systematic substitution of zidovudine for stavudine-based HAART in a program setting in rural Cambodia
August 6, 2008Outcomes of nevirapine- and efavirenz-based antiretroviral therapy when coadministered with rifampicin-based antitubercular therapyAndrew Boulle, Gilles Van Cutsem, Karen Cohen, Katherine Hilderbrand, Shaheed Mathee, Musaed Abrahams, Eric Goemaere, David Coetzee, Gary Maartens
August 5, 2008Assessing antimalarial efficacy in a time of change to artemisinin-based combination therapies: The role of Médecins Sans FrontièresJean-Paul Guthmann, Francesco Checchi, Ingrid van den Broek, Suna Balkan, Michel van Herp, Eric Comte, Oscar Bernal, Jean-Marie Kindermans, Sarah Venis, Dominique Legros, Philippe J. Guerin
July 11, 2008Second-line antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings: The experience of Médecins Sans Frontières
Mar Pujades-Rodríguez, Daniel O'Brien, Pierre Humblet, Alexandra Calmy
July 8, 2008Substandard medicines in resource-poor settings: A problem that can no longer be ignored
J-M Caudron, N Ford, M Henkens, C Macé, R Kiddle-Monroe, J Pinel
June 10, 2008Adapting the DOTS framework for tuberculosis control to the management of non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan AfricaAnthony D. Harries, Andreas Jahn, Rony Zachariah, Donald Enarson
June 1, 2008International meeting: New diagnostic tests are urgently needed to treat patients with Chagas disease
Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines, Médecins Sans Frontières
June 1, 2008Bleach sedimentation: An opportunity to optimize smear microscopy for tuberculosis diagnosis in settings of high prevalence of HIVMaryline Bonnet, Andrew Ramsay, Willie Githui, Laramie Gagnidze, Francis Varaine, Philippe J. Guerin
April 17, 2008Concordant HIV infection and visceral leishmaniasis in Ethiopia: The influence of antiretroviral treatment and other factors on outcomeRachel ter Horst, Simon M. Collin, Koert Ritmeijer, Adey Bogale, Robert N. Davidson
April 15, 2008Research in complex humanitarian emergencies: The Médecins Sans Frontières/Epicentre experience
Vincent Brown, Philippe J. Guerin, Dominique Legros, Christophe Paquet, Bernard Pécoul, Alain Moren
April 9, 2008Field evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic assay for Trypanosoma cruzi infection using whole blood in Sucre, Bolivia
Paul Roddy, Javier Goiri, Laurence Flevaud, Pedro Pablo Palma, Silvia Morote, Nines Lima, Luis Villa, Faustino Torrico, Pedro Albajar-Viñas
April 1, 2008Hepatitis E, Central African Republic [letter]
Josep M. Escribà et al.
March 5, 2008Safety and effectiveness of first line eflornithine for Trypanosoma brucei gambiense sleeping sickness in Sudan: Cohort studyGerardo Priotto, Loretxu Pinoges, Isaac Badi Fursa, Barbara Burke, Nathalie Nicolay, Guillaume Grillet, Cathy Hewison, Manica Balasegaram
February 26, 2008Treatment of Marburg and Ebola hemorrhagic fevers: A strategy for testing new drugs and vaccines under outbreak conditions
Daniel G. Bausch, A.G. Sprecher, Benjamin Jeffs, Paul Boumandouki
February 14, 2008Use of Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) to estimate vaccination coverage helps guide future vaccination efforts
KP Alberti, JP Guthmann, F Fermon, KD Nargaye, RF Grais
February 8, 2008Estimates of the duration of the early and late stage of gambiense sleeping sicknessFrancesco Checchi, Joao A.N. Filipe, Daniel T. Haydon, Daniel Chandramohan, Francois Chappuis
February 7, 2008The dynamics of measles in sub-Saharan Africa
Matthew J. Ferrari, Rebecca F. Grais, Nita Bharti, Andrew J. K. Conlan, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, Lara J. Wolfson, Philippe J. Guerin, Ali Djibo, Bryan T. Grenfell
February 1, 2008Eflornithine is a cost-effective alternative to melarsoprol for the treatment of second-stage human West African trypanosomiasis in Caxito, AngolaJ Robays, ME Raguenaud, T Josenando, M Boelaert
January 15, 2008Symptomatic hyperlactatemia: Lessons learned using a point-of-care device in a health care center- and nurse-based antiretroviral program in Rwanda [letter]
Johan van Griensven, Edi F. Atté, Tony Reid
January 9, 2008Risk factors of visceral leishmaniasis in East Africa: A case-control study in Pokot territory of Kenya and UgandaJan H Kolaczinski, Richard Reithinger, Dagemlidet T Worku, Andrew Ocheng, John Kasimiro, Narcis Kabatereine, Simon Brooker
January 6, 2008Time is of the essence: Exploring a measles outbreak response vaccination in Niamey, Niger
RF Grais, AJK Conlan, MJ Ferrari, A Djibo, A Le Menach, ON Bjørnstad, BT Grenfell
January 1, 2008Risk associated with asymptomatic parasitaemia occurring post-antimalarial treatmentPiero Olliaro, Loretxu Pinoges, Francesco Checchi, Michel Vaillant, Jean-Paul Guthmann
January 1, 2008Cabergoline for suppression of puerperal lactation in a prevention of mother-to-child HIV-transmission programme in rural Malawi
January 1, 2008Outcomes of patients with Kaposi’s sarcoma who start antiretroviral therapy under routine programme conditions in Malawi
January 1, 2008Safety and effectiveness of amphotericin B deoxycholate for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in UgandaY Mueller, A Nguimfack, P Cavailler, S Couffignal, JB Rwakimari, L Loutan, F Chappuis
December 19, 2007Effect of rifampicin-based antitubercular therapy on nevirapine plasma concentrations in South African adults with HIV-associated tuberculosisKaren Cohen, Gilles van Cutsem, Andrew Boulle, Helen McIlleron, Eric Goemaere, Peter J. Smith, Gary Maartens
December 1, 2007Implementing antiretroviral therapy in rural communities: The Lusikisiki model of decentralized HIV/AIDS careMartha Bedelu, Nathan Ford, Katherine Hilderbrand, Hermann Reuter
December 1, 2007Cytomegalovirus retinitis: The neglected disease of the AIDS pandemicDavid Heiden, Nathan Ford, David Wilson, William R. Rodriguez, Todd Margolis, Bart Janssens, Martha Bedelu, Nini Tun, Eric Goemaere, Peter Saranchuk, Kalpana Sabapathy, Frank Smithuis, Emmanuel Luyirika, W. Lawrence Drew
November 26, 2007Assessment of three new parasite lactate dehydrogenase (pan-pLDH) tests for diagnosis of uncomplicated malariaCarole Fogg, Rogers Twesigye, Vincent Batwala, Patrice Piola, Carolyn Nabasumba, James Kiguli, Frederick Mutebi, Christa Hook, Martine Guillerm, Anthony Moody, Jean-Paul Guthmann
November 15, 2007The Médecins Sans Frontières intervention in the Marburg hemorrhagic fever epidemic, Uige, Angola, 2005. I. Lessons learned in the hospital
Benjamin Jeffs et al.
November 15, 2007The Médecins Sans Frontières intervention in the Marburg hemorrhagic fever epidemic, Uige, Angola, 2005. II. Lessons learned in the community
Paul Roddy et al.
November 15, 2007Outbreaks of filovirus hemorrhagic fever: Time to refocus on the patient
November 7, 2007Nifurtimox plus eflornithine for late-stage sleeping sickness in Uganda: A case seriesFrancesco Checchi, Patrice Piola, Harriet Ayikoru, Florence Thomas, Dominique Legros, Gerardo Priotto
November 7, 2007Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan: Treatment complexity and XDR-TB among treatment failuresHelen S. Cox, Stobdan Kalon, Sholpan Allamuratova, Vinciane Sizaire, Zinaida N. Tigay, Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes, Hamraev A. Karimovich, Yared Kebede, Clair Mills
November 6, 2007New approaches to filling the gap in tuberculosis drug discoveryMartina Casenghi, Stewart T. Cole, Carl F. Nathan
November 6, 2007Building clinical trials capacity for tuberculosis drugs in high-burden countriesNeil Schluger, Unni Karunakara, Christian Lienhardt, Thomas Nyirenda, Richard Chaisson
November 6, 2007Randomized trials to optimize treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: The time for action is nowCarole D. Mitnick, Kenneth G. Castro, Mark Harrington, Leonard V. Sacks, William Burman
November 1, 2007The role of community-based organizations in household ability to pay for health care in Kilifi District, Kenya
Catherine Molyneux, Beryl Hutchison, Jane Chuma, Lucy Gilson
November 1, 2007Offering integrated care for HIV/AIDS, diabetes and hypertension within chronic disease clinics in Cambodia
October 31, 2007Epidemiology and clinical features of patients with visceral leishmaniasis treated by an MSF clinic in Bakool Region, Somalia, 2004–2006Marie-Eve Raguenaud et al.
October 22, 2007Nifurtimox-eflornithine combination therapy for second-stage Trypanosoma brucei gambiense sleeping sickness: A randomized clinical trial in CongoGerardo Priotto et al.
October 22, 2007Clinic entrance interviews: A new method to assess needs after a sudden impact disaster
Johan von Schreeb, Niklas Karlsson, Hans Rosling
October 22, 2007Effectiveness of highly active antiretroviral therapy in HIV-positive children: Evaluation at 12 months in a routine program in Cambodia
October 1, 2007Population differences in death rates in HIV-positive patients with tuberculosisI Ciglenecki, JR Glynn, A Mwinga, B Ngwira, A Zumla, PEM Fine, A Nunn HIV/AIDS, Malawi, Tuberculosis, Vaccination Campaign, Zambia
September 24, 2007Forecasting malaria incidence based on monthly case reports and environmental factors in Karuzi, Burundi, 1997-2003
September 1, 2007Antimicrobial susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrheae strains in three regions of Armenia
Gayane Hovhannisyan, Tido von Schoen-Angerer, Karen Babayan, Olivier Fenichiu, Valerie Gaboulaud
September 1, 2007Whole blood NAD and NADP concentrations are not depressed in subjects with clinical pellagra
Paul I. Creeke, Filippo Dibari, Edith Cheung, Tina van den Briel, Eustace Kyroussis, Andrew J. Seal
September 1, 2007Reducing the number of sputum samples examined and thresholds for positivity: An opportunity to optimise smear microscopyM Bonnet, A Ramsay, L Gagnidze, W Githui, PJ Guerin, F Varaine
September 1, 2007Management of moderate acute malnutrition with RUTF in NigerIsabelle Defourny, Gwenola Seroux, Issaley Abdelkader, Géza Harczi
August 15, 2007Prevalence, determinants of positivity, and clinical utility of cryptococcal antigenemia in Cambodian HIV-infected patients
August 1, 2007Does antiretroviral treatment reduce case fatality among HIV-positive patients with tuberculosis in Malawi?R Zachariah, M Fitzgerald, M Massaquoi, A Acabu, D Chilomo, FM Salaniponi, AD Harries
July 18, 2007Community coverage of an antimalarial combination of artesunate and amodiaquine in Makamba Province, Burundi, nine months after its introductionSibylle Gerstl, Sandra Cohuet, Kodjo Edoh, Christopher Brasher, Alexandre Lesage, Jean-Paul Guthmann, Francesco Checchi
July 16, 2007Vector control in a malaria epidemic occurring within a complex emergency situation in Burundi: A case studyNatacha Protopopoff, Michel Van Herp, Peter Maes, Tony Reid, Dismas Baza, et al.
July 1, 2007Médecins Sans Frontières: Mental health care in post-tsunami Aceh Province, a field report
Benoît de Gryse, Barbara Laumont Indonesia, Mental Health, Natural Disaster, South Asian Tsunami
July 1, 2007Evaluation of a diagnostic algorithm for smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected adultsP Saranchuk, A Boulle, K Hilderbrand, D Coetzee, M Bedelu, G van Cutsem, G Meintjes
July 1, 2007Treatment of kala-azar in southern Sudan using a 17-day regimen of sodium stibogluconate combined with paromomycin: A retrospective comparison with 30-day sodium stibogluconate monotherapyYosef Melaku, Simon M. Collin, Kees Keus, Francis Gatluak, Koert Ritmeijer, Robert N. Davidson
June 27, 2007Mental health status of vulnerable tsunami-affected communities: A survey in Aceh Province, Indonesia
Renato Souza, Sasha Bernatsky, Rosalie Reyes, Kaz de Jong
June 1, 2007Serogroup X in meningococcal disease, Western KenyaSadiki Materu, Helen S. Cox, Petros Isaakidis, Bienvenu Baruani, Thomas Ogaro, Dominique A. Caugant
June 1, 2007Meningitis serogroup W135 outbreak, Burkina Faso, 2002Nicolas Nathan, Angela M.C. Rose, Dominique Legros, Sylvestre R.M. Tiendrebeogo, Catherine Bachy, Egil Bjørløw, Peter Firmenich, Philippe J. Guerin, Dominique A. Caugant
May 29, 2007HIV treatment in a conflict setting: Outcomes and experiences from Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the CongoHeather Culbert, David Tu, Daniel P. O'Brien, Tom Ellman, Clair Mills, Nathan Ford, Tina Amisi, Keith Chan, Sarah Venis
May 16, 2007Paracheck-Pf® accuracy and recently treated Plasmodium falciparum infections: Is there a risk of over-diagnosis?Todd D Swarthout, Helen Counihan, Raphael Kabangwa K Senga, Ingrid van den Broek
May 3, 2007Efficacy of antimalarial treatment in Guinea: In vivo study of two artemisinin combination therapies in Dabola and molecular markers of resistance to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in N'ZérékoréMaryline Bonnet, Cally Roper, Martine Félix, Léonie Coulibaly, Gabriel Mufuta Kankolongo, Jean Paul Guthmann
May 1, 2007Mental health in HIV-positive pregnant women: Results from Angola
S Bernatsky, R Souza, K de Jong
May 1, 2007Emergency conflict-related psychosocial interventions in Sierra Leone and Uganda: Lessons from Médecins Sans Frontières
Kaz De Jong, Rolf J. Kleber
May 1, 2007How labour intensive is a doctor-based delivery model for antiretroviral treatment (ART)? Evidence from an observational study in Siem Reap, CambodiaWim Van Damme, Soy Ty Kheang, Bart Janssens, Katharina Kober
April 30, 2007High prevalence of lipoatrophy among patients on stavudine-containing first-line antiretroviral therapy regimens in Rwanda
April 1, 2007Utility of lymph node aspiration in the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in SudanZahir O. Babiker, Robert Davidson, Charles Mazinda, Sammy Kipngetich, Koert Ritmeijer
April 1, 2007HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, in 2002Judith M Vandepitte, Faustin Malele, Dieu-Merci Kivuvu, Samuel Edidi, Jeremie Muwonga, Francois Lepira, Said Abdellati, Joelle Kabamba, Catherine Van Overloop, Anne Buve
April 1, 2007Can height-adjusted cut-offs improve MUAC's utility as an assessment tool?Michel Van Herp, An Verwulgen, Bérengère Leurquin, Pascale Delchevalerie
March 28, 2007Treatment outcomes stratified by baseline immunological status among young children receiving nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor-based antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settingsDaniel P. O'Brien, Delphine Sauvageot, David Olson, Myrto Schaeffer, Pierre Humblet, Mar Pujades, Tom Ellman, Rony Zachariah, Elisabeth Szumilin, Line Arnould, Tony Reid Benin, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, HIV/AIDS, Kenya, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
March 13, 2007The trauma of ongoing conflict and displacement in Chechnya: Quantitative assessment of living conditions, and psychosocial and general health status among war displaced in Chechnya and Ingushetia
Kaz de Jong, Saskia van der Kam, Nathan Ford, Sally Hargreaves, Richard van Oosten, et al.
March 1, 2007Kala-azar control, Uganda [letter]Jan H. Kolaczinski, Dagemlidet Tesfaye Worku, François Chappuis, Richard Reithinger, Narcis Kabatereine, Ambrose Onapa, Simon Brooker
March 1, 2007Evaluation of a mass distribution programme for fine-mesh impregnated bednets against visceral leishmaniasis in eastern SudanKoert Ritmeijer, Clive Davies, Ruth van Zorge, Shr-Jie Wang, Judy Schorscher, Salah Ibrahim Dongu'du, Robert N. Davidson
February 1, 2007Mosquitoborne infections after Hurricane Jeanne, Haiti, 2004Mark E. Beatty et al.
January 30, 2007Response to highly active antiretroviral therapy among severely immuno-compromised HIV-infected patients in Cambodia
January 2, 2007Unacceptably high mortality related to measles epidemics in Niger, Nigeria, and ChadRebecca F. Grais et al.
January 1, 2007Low and deficient niacin status and pellagra are endemic in postwar Angola
Andrew J Seal, Paul I Creeke, Filippo Dibari, Edith Cheung, Eustace Kyroussis, Paulina Semedo, Tina van den Briel
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