| concurrent malaria and arbovirus infections in kedougou, southeastern senegal. | malaria is one of the leading causes of acute febrile illness (afi) in africa. with the advent of malaria rapid diagnostic tests, misdiagnosis and co-morbidity with other diseases has been highlighted by an increasing number of studies. although arboviral infections and malaria are both vector-borne diseases and often have an overlapping geographic distribution in sub-saharan africa, information about their incidence rates and concurrent infections is scarce. | 2016 | 26821709 |
| genetic diversity of plasmodium falciparum isolates from concurrent malaria and arbovirus co-infections in kedougou, southeastern senegal. | concurrent malaria and arbovirus infections are common and represent an important public health concern in regions where both diseases are endemic. the present study investigates the genetic diversity and complexity of plasmodium falciparum infection in concurrent malaria-arbovirus infections in kedougou region, southeastern senegal. | 2016 | 26969623 |
| vector competence of aedes aegypti and aedes vittatus (diptera: culicidae) from senegal and cape verde archipelago for west african lineages of chikungunya virus. | to assess the risk of emergence of chikungunya virus (chikv) in west africa, vector competence of wild-type, urban, and non-urban aedes aegypti and ae. vittatus from senegal and cape verde for chikv was investigated. mosquitoes were fed orally with chikv isolates from mosquitoes (ard30237), bats (cs13-288), and humans (hd180738). after 5, 10, and 15 days of incubation following an infectious blood meal, presence of chikv rna was determined in bodies, legs/wings, and saliva using real-time revers ... | 2014 | 25002293 |
| recombinase polymerase amplification assay for rapid diagnostics of dengue infection. | over 2.5 billion people are exposed to the risk of contracting dengue fever (df). early diagnosis of df helps to diminish its burden on public health. real-time reverse transcription polymerase amplification assays (rt-pcr) are the standard method for molecular detection of the dengue virus (denv). real-time rt-pcr analysis is not suitable for on-site screening since mobile devices are large, expensive, and complex. in this study, two rt-recombinase polymerase amplification (rt-rpa) assays were ... | 2015 | 26075598 |