| [prevalences and risk factors associated with infection by human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis b virus, syphilis and bacillary pulmonary tuberculosis in prisons in burkina faso]. | this purpose of this study was to determine prevalences and risk factors associated with infection by human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis b virus, syphilis and bacillary pulmonary tuberculosis in prisons in burkina faso. from february 20 to march 20, 2009, 300 prisoners over 18 years of age held in ouagadougou were selected to take part in this descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study. sociodemographic data, confinement information (number, motive and prison time), medical history, s ... | 2011 | 22235618 |
| low seroprevalence of syphilis in burkina faso. | little information is available on the epidemiology of syphilis in west africa, where this infection is routinely screened in antenatal clinics to prevent congenital infection. in order to inform control programmes, the burden of active syphilis was estimated among pregnant women and adults in burkina faso. | 2011 | 20693149 |
| human papillomaviruses prevalence and genital co-infections in hiv-seropositive women in ouagadougou (burkina faso). | the vaginal swabs among hiv-positive women in africa often revealed opportunistic infections such as human papillomavirus (hpv) and mycoplasma that induce respectively cervix cancer and diseases such as vaginosis, abortions, infertility in through salpingitis. the purposes of this study were to: (1) seek for, the prevalence of pathogens such as hpv and mycoplasma; (2) characterize the strains of hpv and estimate their prevalence; (3) identify among these women, those who were co-infected by thes ... | 2010 | 21313918 |
| seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis b and c viruses and syphilis among blood donors in koudougou (burkina faso) in 2009. | background: the high prevalence of numerous transfusion-transmitted infectious diseases such as human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), hepatitis b virus (hbv), hepatitis c virus (hcv) and syphilis in sub-saharan africa affects the safety of blood for recipients. this study was undertaken with the aim of determining the seroprevalence of hiv, hcv, hbv, syphilis and socio-demographic risk factors associated with blood donation in a new regional blood transfusion centre in burkina faso. material and m ... | 2011 | 21839011 |