Publications by authors named "W S Nambei"
Introduction: the National Laboratory of Clinical Biology and Public Health (NLBPH) in Bangui in the Central African Republic (CAR) carries out the vast majority of molecular screening tests for SARS-CoV-2 infection nationwide. This study aimed to show the contribution of molecular diagnosis and genomic surveillance in monitoring the evolution of longitudinal variations of the SARS-CoV-2 infection epidemic in CAR between 2020 and the end of 2022.
Methods: this is an observational study on the variations in the prevalence of detection of SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR at the NLCBPH from nasopharyngeal samples taken prospectively over a period of 3 years since the beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic.
Background: The objectives of this study were to determine the association between the vulnerability factors linked to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted infection among the young women who sell sex (YWSS) group (15-24 years) and adult sex workers, engaged in consensual sex for money (AFSW).
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among AFSW involved in commercial sex transactions. Prevalence ratios (PR) analysis was carried out using log-binomial regression model.
Background: Drug resistance remains a major challenge for the management of malaria. This study investigated the efficacy of antimalarial combination artemether-lumefantrine (AL) in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Bangui, Central African Republic.
Materials And Methods: An evaluative cross-sectional study was conducted between the 15th February and the 7th March 2017 in the Complexe Pédiatrique in Bangui among children aged 6 months to 15 years.
Objective: The aim of this study was to identify the serogroup and serotypes causing bacterial meningitidis and to determine their prevalence in Bangui, Central African Republic.
Materials And Methods: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from patients with suspected meningitis were collected and tested with cell counts, Gram staining, cultures, the latex agglutination test (LAT), and real-time PCR that used specific primers and probes for S. pneumoniae, N.
The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of HIV, the hepatitis B and C viruses, and syphilis as well the risk factors for these diseases among blood donors in Bangui, Central Africa Republic. This cross-sectional study examined samples from donors giving blood in August and September, 2013. HIV1/2 antibodies was screened with the Determine and Unigold HIV tests.
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