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2. In pursuit of a cure: The plural therapeutic landscape of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy in Cameroon – A mixed methods study

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Ronse, Maya, primary, Irani, Julia, additional, Gryseels, Charlotte, additional, Smekens, Tom, additional, Ekukole, Serge, additional, Teh Monteh, Caroline, additional, Tatah Ntaimah, Peter, additional, Dierickx, Susan, additional, Verdonck, Kristien, additional, Colebunders, Robert, additional, Njamnshi, Alfred K., additional, O’Neill, Sarah, additional, and Peeters Grietens, Koen, additional

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2021
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6. Experiences and Lessons from a Multi-Country NIDIAG Study on Persistent Digestive Disorders in the Tropics

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Alirol, Emilie, Horie, Ninon Seiko, Barbé, Barbara, Lejon, Veerle, Verdonck, Kristien, Gillet, Philippe, Jacobs, Jan, Büscher, Philippe, Kanal, Basudha, Bhattarai, Narayan Raj, El Safi, Sayda, Phe, Thong, Lim, Kruy, Leng, Long, Lutumba, Pascal, Mukendi, Deby, Bottieau, Emmanuel, Boelaert, Marleen, Rijal, Suman, and Chappuis, François

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Male, Research Facilities, Physiology, Systems Engineering, Fevers, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Sudan, Medicine and Health Sciences, Prevalence, Prospective Studies, Relapsing Fever, Neglected Diseases, Hematology, Bacterial Infections, Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Body Fluids, Data Accuracy, Clinical Laboratories, Blood, Biological Laboratories, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Management, Engineering and Technology, Female, Anatomy, Research Laboratories, Cambodia, Adult, Quality Control, Fever, Research and Analysis Methods, Brucellosis, Diagnosis, Differential, Signs and Symptoms, Nepal, Diagnostic Medicine, parasitic diseases, Paratyphoid Fever, Humans, Leptospirosis, Typhoid Fever, Tropical Climate, Symposium, Protozoan Infections, Biology and Life Sciences, Rickettsia Infections, Malaria, Trypanosomiasis, African, Quality Assurance, Government Laboratories
Abstract

In resource-limited settings, the scarcity of skilled personnel and adequate laboratory facilities makes the differential diagnosis of fevers complex [1-5]. Febrile illnesses are diagnosed clinically in most rural centers, and both Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) and clinical algorithms can be valuable aids to health workers and facilitate therapeutic decisions [6,7]. The persistent fever syndrome targeted by NIDIAG is defined as presence of fever for at least one week. The NIDIAG clinical research consortium focused on potentially severe and treatable infections and therefore targeted the following conditions as differential diagnosis of persistent fever: visceral leishmaniasis (VL), human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), enteric (typhoid and paratyphoid) fever, brucellosis, melioidosis, leptospirosis, malaria, tuberculosis, amoebic liver abscess, relapsing fever, HIV/AIDS, rickettsiosis, and other infectious diseases (e.g., pneumonia). From January 2013 to October 2014, a prospective clinical phase III diagnostic accuracy study was conducted in one site in Cambodia, two sites in Nepal, two sites in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and one site in Sudan (clinicaltrials.gov no. NCT01766830). The study objectives were to (1) determine the prevalence of the target diseases in patients presenting with persistent fever, (2) assess the predictive value of clinical and first-line laboratory features, and (3) assess the diagnostic accuracy of several RDTs for the diagnosis of the different target conditions.

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2016

7. Diagnosis of Persistent Fever in the Tropics: Set of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) Used in the NIDIAG Febrile Syndrome Study

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Barbé, Barbara, Verdonck, Kristien, Mukendi, Deby, Lejon, Veerle, Lilo Kalo, Jean-Roger, Alirol, Emilie, Gillet, Philippe, Horié, Ninon, Ravinetto, Raffaella, Bottieau, Emmanuel, Yansouni, Cedric, Winkler, Andrea S., van Loen, Harry, Boelaert, Marleen, Lutumba, Pascal, and Jacobs, Jan

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Employment, Research Facilities, Quality Assurance, Health Care, Economics, Social Sciences, Guidelines as Topic, Jobs, Research and Analysis Methods, Diagnostic Medicine, Medicine and Health Sciences, Psychology, Humans, Facility Regulation and Control, Language, Symposium, Health Policy, Cognitive Psychology, Biology and Life Sciences, Neglected Diseases, Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Clinical Laboratories, Neurology, Socioeconomic Factors, Labor Economics, Cognitive Science, Medical Devices and Equipment, Research Laboratories, Laboratories, Neuroscience, Government Laboratories, Biotechnology
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2016

9. Diagnosis of Persistent Fever in the Tropics: Set of Standard Operating Procedures Used in the NIDIAG Febrile Syndrome Study

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Alirol, Emilie, primary, Horie, Ninon Seiko, additional, Barbé, Barbara, additional, Lejon, Veerle, additional, Verdonck, Kristien, additional, Gillet, Philippe, additional, Jacobs, Jan, additional, Büscher, Philippe, additional, Kanal, Basudha, additional, Bhattarai, Narayan Raj, additional, El Safi, Sayda, additional, Phe, Thong, additional, Lim, Kruy, additional, Leng, Long, additional, Lutumba, Pascal, additional, Mukendi, Deby, additional, Bottieau, Emmanuel, additional, Boelaert, Marleen, additional, Rijal, Suman, additional, and Chappuis, François, additional

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2016
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10. The Art of Writing and Implementing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Laboratories in Low-Resource Settings: Review of Guidelines and Best Practices

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Barbé, Barbara, primary, Verdonck, Kristien, additional, Mukendi, Deby, additional, Lejon, Veerle, additional, Lilo Kalo, Jean-Roger, additional, Alirol, Emilie, additional, Gillet, Philippe, additional, Horié, Ninon, additional, Ravinetto, Raffaella, additional, Bottieau, Emmanuel, additional, Yansouni, Cedric, additional, Winkler, Andrea S., additional, van Loen, Harry, additional, Boelaert, Marleen, additional, Lutumba, Pascal, additional, and Jacobs, Jan, additional

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2016
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11. Experiences and Lessons from a Multicountry NIDIAG Study on Persistent Digestive Disorders in the Tropics

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Becker, Sören L., primary, Yap, Peiling, additional, Horié, Ninon S., additional, Alirol, Emilie, additional, Barbé, Barbara, additional, Bhatta, Nisha K., additional, Bhattarai, Narayan R., additional, Bottieau, Emmanuel, additional, Chatigre, Justin K., additional, Coulibaly, Jean T., additional, Fofana, Hassan K. M., additional, Jacobs, Jan, additional, Karki, Prahlad, additional, Khanal, Basudha, additional, Knopp, Stefanie, additional, Koirala, Kanika, additional, Mahendradhata, Yodi, additional, Mertens, Pascal, additional, Meyanti, Fransiska, additional, Murhandarwati, Elsa H., additional, N’Goran, Eliézer K., additional, Peeling, Rosanna W., additional, Pradhan, Bickram, additional, Ravinetto, Raffaella, additional, Rijal, Suman, additional, Sacko, Moussa, additional, Saye, Rénion, additional, Schneeberger, Pierre H. H., additional, Schurmans, Céline, additional, Silué, Kigbafori D., additional, Steinmann, Peter, additional, van Loen, Harry, additional, Verdonck, Kristien, additional, van Lieshout, Lisette, additional, von Müller, Lutz, additional, Yao, Joel A., additional, Boelaert, Marleen, additional, Chappuis, François, additional, Polman, Katja, additional, and Utzinger, Jürg, additional

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2016
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13. Regulatory T Cell Expansion in HTLV-1 and Strongyloidiasis Co-infection Is Associated with Reduced IL-5 Responses to Strongyloides stercoralis Antigen

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Montes, Martin, primary, Sanchez, Cesar, additional, Verdonck, Kristien, additional, Lake, Jordan E., additional, Gonzalez, Elsa, additional, Lopez, Giovanni, additional, Terashima, Angelica, additional, Nolan, Thomas, additional, Lewis, Dorothy E., additional, Gotuzzo, Eduardo, additional, and White, A. Clinton, additional

Published
2009
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