| 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 |
| 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 |