Publications by authors named "Pidou Kimala"
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- Q fever (QF) and Rift Valley fever (RVF) are prevalent zoonotic diseases in Africa that pose health and economic challenges, and accurate prevalence estimates are essential for effective disease control.
- The study assessed the agreement of diagnostic test results for QF and RVF in both humans and livestock across various labs and test types, using samples collected from rural Chad.
- Findings indicated fair to moderate inter-laboratory agreement in test results, highlighting that demographic factors such as age and location significantly influence test outcomes, emphasizing the importance of considering these variables in future epidemiological research.
One Health Syndromic Surveillance has a high potential for detecting early epidemiological events in remote and hard-to-reach populations. Chadian pastoralists living close to their animals and being socio-economically unprivileged have an increased risk for zoonosis exposure. Engaging communities in disease surveillance could also strengthen preparedness capacities for outbreaks in rural Chad.
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- - The study investigates the prevalence and risk factors of Group A Rotaviruses (RVA) in children under five years old in N'Djamena, Chad, where there is currently no RVA immunization or surveillance program.
- - A cross-sectional study conducted in four hospitals found a 12.76% prevalence of RVA infections among hospitalized children, with higher rates in males and those under 12 months old, revealing significant malnutrition and severity among cases.
- - A retrospective analysis of hospitalization records from 2016 to 2018 indicated that 37.81% of gastroenteritis cases were linked to various diarrhoeagenic pathogens, with a majority of cases showing no identified pathogens (62.19%).
Brucellosis, Rift Valley fever (RVF) and Q fever are zoonoses prevalent in many developing countries, causing a high burden on human and animal health. Only a few studies are available on these among agro-pastoralist communities and their livestock in Chad. The objective of our study was to estimate brucellosis, RVF and Q fever seroprevalence among Chadian agro-pastoralist communities and their livestock, and to investigate risk factors for seropositivity.
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