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Gutierrez R, Landa M, Sambou M, Bassane H, Dia N, Djalo AS, Domenichini C, Fall G, Faye M, Faye O, Fernandez-Garcia MD, Flevaud L, Loko J, Mediannikov O, Mize V, Ndiaye K, Niang M, Raoult D, Rocaspana M, Villen S, Sall AA, Fenollar F. Aetiology of non-malaria acute febrile illness fever in children in rural Guinea-Bissau: a prospective cross-sectional investigation. Front Epidemiol 2024; 4:1309149. [PMID: 38577653 PMCID: PMC10991789 DOI: 10.3389/fepid.2024.1309149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024]
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Background With growing use of parasitological tests to detect malaria and decreasing incidence of the disease in Africa; it becomes necessary to increase the understanding of causes of non-malaria acute febrile illness (NMAFI) towards providing appropriate case management. This research investigates causes of NMAFI in pediatric out-patients in rural Guinea-Bissau. Methods Children 0-5 years presenting acute fever (≥38°) or history of fever, negative malaria rapid diagnostic test (mRDT) and no signs of specific disease were recruited at the out-patient clinic of 3 health facilities in Bafatá province during 54 consecutive weeks (dry and rainy season). Medical history was recorded and blood, nasopharyngeal, stool and urine samples were collected and tested for the presence of 38 different potential aetiological causes of fever. Results Samples from 741 children were analysed, the protocol was successful in determining a probable aetiological cause of acute fever in 544 (73.61%) cases. Respiratory viruses were the most frequently identified pathogens, present in the nasopharynx samples of 435 (58.86%) cases, followed by bacteria detected in 167 (22.60%) samples. Despite presenting negative mRDTs, P. falciparum was identified in samples of 24 (3.25%) patients. Conclusions This research provides a description of the aetiological causes of NMAFI in West African context. Evidence of viral infections were more commonly found than bacteria or parasites.
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- Rui Gutierrez
- Médecins Sans Frontières, Barcelona Athens Operational Centre, Barcelona, Spain
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- Médecins Sans Frontières, Barcelona Athens Operational Centre, Barcelona, Spain
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- Vitrome, Aix Marseille Univ, Dakar, Senegal
- Institute de Recherche Pour le Development, IHU Méditerranée Infection, Dakar, Senegal
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- Vitrome, Aix Marseille Univ, Dakar, Senegal
- Institute de Recherche Pour le Development, IHU Méditerranée Infection, Dakar, Senegal
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- Virology Pole, Institut Pasteur Dakar, Dakar, Senegal
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- Médecins Sans Frontières, Barcelona Athens Operational Centre, Barcelona, Spain
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- Médecins Sans Frontières, Barcelona Athens Operational Centre, Barcelona, Spain
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- Virology Pole, Institut Pasteur Dakar, Dakar, Senegal
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- Virology Pole, Institut Pasteur Dakar, Dakar, Senegal
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- Virology Pole, Institut Pasteur Dakar, Dakar, Senegal
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- Médecins Sans Frontières, Barcelona Athens Operational Centre, Barcelona, Spain
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- Médecins Sans Frontières, Barcelona Athens Operational Centre, Barcelona, Spain
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- Vitrome, Aix Marseille Univ, Marseille, France
- Institute de Recherche Pour le Development, IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
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- Médecins Sans Frontières, Barcelona Athens Operational Centre, Barcelona, Spain
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- Virology Pole, Institut Pasteur Dakar, Dakar, Senegal
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- Virology Pole, Institut Pasteur Dakar, Dakar, Senegal
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- Vitrome, Aix Marseille Univ, Marseille, France
- Institute de Recherche Pour le Development, IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
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- Médecins Sans Frontières, Barcelona Athens Operational Centre, Barcelona, Spain
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- Médecins Sans Frontières, Barcelona Athens Operational Centre, Barcelona, Spain
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- Vitrome, Aix Marseille Univ, Marseille, France
- Institute de Recherche Pour le Development, IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
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Kebe O, Fernandez-Garcia MD, Zinsou BE, Diop A, Fall A, Ndiaye N, Vinjé J, Ndiaye K. Prevalence and genetic characterization of noroviruses in children with acute gastroenteritis in Senegal, 2007-2010. J Med Virol 2021; 94:2640-2644. [PMID: 34854097 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.27496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 10/23/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Norovirus is the leading cause of sporadic and epidemic acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in children and adults around the world. We investigated the molecular diversity of noroviruses in a pediatric population in Senegal between 2007 and 2010 before the rotavirus vaccine implementation. Stool samples were collected from 599 children under 5 years of age consulting for AGE in a hospital in Dakar. Specimens were screened for noroviruses using the Allplex™ GI-Virus Assay. Positive samples were genotyped after sequencing of conventional reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction products. Noroviruses were detected in 79 (13.2%) of the children, with GII.4 (64%) and GII.6 (10%) as the most frequently identified genotypes. Our study describes the distribution of genotypes between 2007 and 2010 and should be a baseline for comparison with more contemporary studies. This could help decision-makers on possible choices of norovirus vaccines in the event of future introduction.
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- Pediatric Hospital Albert Royer, Dakar, Senegal
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- Viral Gastroenteritis Branch, Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Kebe O, Fernandez-Garcia MD, Fall A, Dia H, Bidalot M, Ambert-Balay K, Ndiaye K. Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Aichi Virus 1 from Urban Wastewater in Senegal. Intervirology 2021; 64:96-101. [PMID: 33440372 DOI: 10.1159/000512130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Aichi virus 1 (AiV-1) has been proposed as a causative agent of human gastroenteritis. In this study, raw, decanted, and treated wastewater samples from a wastewater treatment plant in an urban area of Dakar, Senegal, were collected. AiV-1 was detected in raw (70%, 14/20), decanted (68.4%, 13/19), and treated (59.3%, 16/27) samples, revealing a noticeable resistance of AiV-1 to chlorine-based treatment. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that all sequences clustered within genotype B. Our study presents the first report on the detection of AiV-1 in the environment of Dakar and constitutes indirect evidence of virus circulation in the population.
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- Ousmane Kebe
- Laboratory of Enteric Viruses, Virology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Dakar, Senegal
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- Laboratory of Enteric Viruses, Virology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Dakar, Senegal
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- Laboratory of Enteric Viruses, Virology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Dakar, Senegal
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- National Reference Centre for Gastroenteritis Viruses, Laboratory of Biology and Pathology, University Hospital Dijon, Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- National Reference Centre for Gastroenteritis Viruses, Laboratory of Biology and Pathology, University Hospital Dijon, Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- Laboratory of Enteric Viruses, Virology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Dakar, Senegal
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Rubio JM, Jiménez Del Bianco AI, Cervera-Alonso Y, Fernandez-Garcia MD, Lanza M, Ta Tang TH, Sevil Puras F, Blanco L. Vivax malaria in a blood donor in Spain, relapse or a new infection in a malaria non-endemic country? Vox Sang 2015; 110:193-5. [PMID: 26509738 DOI: 10.1111/vox.12352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2015] [Revised: 09/03/2015] [Accepted: 09/03/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Malaria is a vectorborne disease caused by protozoan of the genus Plasmodium, which can also be transmitted by the transfusion of infected red blood cells. One year after return from a travel to Honduras, a Spanish traveller developed vivax malaria. Prior to the onset of symptoms, the donor made a donation that tested non-reactive using an immunological test for malaria. Samples from the donor taken before donation and tested by serological and molecular methods were negative but positive at the time of hospital admission. The possible sources of the donors' infection, imported versus locally acquired, are discussed.
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- J M Rubio
- Malaria & Emerging Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, National Microbiology Centre, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Serology and Biochemistry Department, Centro de Hemoterapia de Castilla y León, Valladolid, Spain
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- Malaria & Emerging Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, National Microbiology Centre, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Malaria & Emerging Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, National Microbiology Centre, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.,European Public Health Microbiology Training Programme (EUPHEM), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
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- Malaria & Emerging Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, National Microbiology Centre, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Malaria & Emerging Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, National Microbiology Centre, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Blood Bank Unit, Santa Barbara Hospital, Soria, Spain
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- Serology and Biochemistry Department, Centro de Hemoterapia de Castilla y León, Valladolid, Spain
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Fernandez-Garcia MD, Negredo A, Papa A, Donoso-Mantke O, Niedrig M, Zeller H, Tenorio A, Franco L. European survey on laboratory preparedness, response and diagnostic capacity for Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, 2012. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 19. [PMID: 25011064 DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.26.20844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is an infectious viral disease that has (re-)emerged in the last decade in south-eastern Europe, and there is a risk for further geographical expansion to western Europe. Here we report the results of a survey covering 28 countries, conducted in 2012 among the member laboratories of the European Network for Diagnostics of 'Imported' Viral Diseases (ENIVD) to assess laboratory preparedness and response capacities for CCHF. The answers of 31 laboratories of the European region regarding CCHF case definition, training necessity, biosafety, quality assurance and diagnostic tests are presented. In addition, we identified the lack of a Regional Reference Expert Laboratory in or near endemic areas. Moreover, a comprehensive review of the biosafety level suitable to the reality of endemic areas is needed. These issues are challenges that should be addressed by European public health authorities. However, all respondent laboratories have suitable diagnostic capacities for the current situation.
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Flaviviruses, such as the dengue virus and the West Nile virus, are emerging arthropod-borne viruses that represent an immense global health problem. Considerable progress has been made in understanding flavivirus structure and replication strategies, but only now are the complex molecular interactions between the virus and host cell starting to be unraveled. In this Review, we discuss the ongoing efforts toward elucidating the molecular mechanisms that allow flaviviruses to manipulate host cell functions for successful infection. We draw attention to the importance of these studies in defining the pathogenesis of flaviviral diseases.
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