Publications by authors named "F N Diouf"
This commentary advocates for a comprehensive approach to addressing the Black maternal and infant health crisis, utilizing the collective impact model with health equity at its center. Black women in the United States face alarmingly high rates of maternal morbidity and mortality compared to white women. Black women are twice as likely to have premature and low birthweight babies than white women, exposing both the expectant woman and child to various health risks.
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- The study assessed the asymptomatic prevalence of respiratory pathogens in a rural area of Senegal, focusing on individuals not showing symptoms of illness before the COVID-19 pandemic.
- A total of 368 nasopharyngeal swabs were collected from 15 participants over a year, with findings revealing 19.56% of samples positive for viruses and 13.60% for bacteria, notably during the rainy season when pathogen carriage increased.
- The results indicate significant circulation of respiratory viruses and bacteria in the community, suggesting a higher prevalence of asymptomatic carriers than previously recognized.
Objectives: Influenza is frequent among pilgrims participating in the Grand Magal de Touba (GMT), in Senegal, with a potential to spread to contacts when they return home.
Methods: Ill pilgrims consulting at a health care center in Mbacké city close to Touba during the 2021 GMT, pilgrims returning to Dielmo and Ndiop villages, and patients who did not travel to Touba and consulted at health care centers in these two villages in 2021 were tested for the influenza virus by polymerase chain reaction on nasopharyngeal samples. Next-generation sequencing and comparative and phylogenetic analyses of influenza A virus genomes were performed.
According to the latest WHO estimates (2015) of the global burden of foodborne diseases, is responsible for one of the most serious foodborne infections and commonly results in severe clinical outcomes. The 2013 French MONALISA prospective cohort identified that women born in Africa has a 3-fold increase in the risk of maternal neonatal listeriosis. One of the largest outbreaks occurred in South Africa in 2017-2018 with over 1,000 cases.
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- Respiratory infections, primarily caused by viruses, are a major health issue globally, and a study was conducted in rural Senegal to investigate the presence of viruses and bacteria in symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals.
- The research found that 83.6% of symptomatic individuals tested positive for at least one respiratory virus, with influenza A, metapneumovirus, and enterovirus being notably more common among those with symptoms, while 21.8% of asymptomatic individuals also had viral infections.
- Additionally, 82.0% of symptomatic subjects carried at least one respiratory bacterium, with Moraxella catarrhalis and Streptococcus pneumoniae being the most common, highlighting the need for further surveillance of these pathogens