Publications by authors named "Noura Efietngab Atembeh"
Contemporary epidemiological data of Rift Valley fever virus in humans, mosquitoes and other animal species in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Vet Med Sci
September 2023
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a severe zoonotic mosquito-borne disease that represents an important threat to human and animal health, with major public health and socioeconomic impacts. This disease is endemic throughout many African countries and the Arabian Peninsula. This systematic review with meta-analysis was conducted to determine the RVF prevalence in humans, mosquitoes and other animal species in Africa.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA substantial amount of epidemiological data has been reported on Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) infections after the 2014 outbreak. Our goal was to map the case fatality rate (CFR) and prevalence of current and past EV-D68 infections. We conducted a systematic review (PROSPERO, CRD42021229255) with published articles on EV-68 infections in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and Global Index Medicus up to January 2021.
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- The systematic review aimed to assess the relationship between diabetes mellitus (DM) and the risk of developing tuberculosis (TB), addressing confounders like age, gender, and lifestyle factors that previous studies may have overlooked.
- A total of 12,796 articles were screened, leading to the inclusion of 47 observational studies with over half a million DM or TB cases, and results indicated a significant association with an odds ratio of 2.3, meaning diabetics were more than twice as likely to develop TB compared to non-diabetics.
- The study confirmed that the increased TB risk persisted across various study types (cohort, case-control, cross-sectional) and was influenced by geographic differences, though the statistical significance remained consistent