Development of the PREDS score to predict in-hospital mortality of patients with Ebola virus disease under advanced supportive care: Results from the EVISTA cohort in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Background: As mortality remains high for patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD) despite new treatment options, the ability to level up the provided supportive care and to predict the risk of death is of major importance. This analysis of the EVISTA cohort aims to describe advanced supportive care provided to EVD patients in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and to develop a simple risk score for predicting in-hospital death, called PREDS.

Methods: In this prospective cohort (NCT04815175), patients were recruited during the 10 EVD outbreak in the DRC across three Ebola Treatment Centers (ETCs).

[Why does the Ebola virus epidemic continue to plague the Democratic Republic of the Congo?].

Why does the ebola virus epidemic continue to plague the democratic republic Of the congo?Ebola virus disease outbreak continues in North Kivu and Ituri provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, despite a marked improvement in management of medical care and prevention of the disease. Since August 2018, the disease has been evolving in a complex epidemic field, forgotten by the international press. In the sensitive geopolitic context with this area of armed conflicts more than 20 years, we describe the socio-cultural and geopolitic parameters that have an impact on the evolution of disease in the eastern of Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Furuncular myiasis for the Western dermatologist: treatment in outpatient consultation.

Background: Furuncular myiasis is likely to be seen by Western dermatologists because of the increasing number of international travelers but remains unfamiliar to most of them, who tend to refer these patients to hospitals. Different treatments have been proposed, but many of them are not achievable in outpatient consultation.

Methods: We reported three typical cases of furuncular myiasis, according to each species involved, and proposed diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines for dermatologists in outpatient consultation.

Molecular characterization of chikungunya virus from three regions of Cameroon.

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[Outbreak of influenza pandemic virus A(H1N1) 2009 infections in Emergency Department, Saint-Pierre, Reunion Island. July-August 2009].

Introduction: The 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus has emerged to cause the first pandemic of the 21st century. On July 3, 2009, novel swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus (S-OIV) was identified in Reunion Island, French overseas department located in the southern hemisphere. The present study describes the characteristics and the impact of the epidemic on the activity of an emergency department (ED) from July 3 to August 31, 2009.