Publications by authors named "Youssouf Sidibe"

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  • The study investigated the level of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in Koutiala district, Mali, using seroprevalence data from blood donors between January and June 2020, aiming to assess community transmission and inform public health responses.
  • Results showed a significant difference in seroprevalence estimates: 24.6% using a rapid test and 70.2% with an ECLIA test, suggesting that the actual exposure to the virus was higher than what was reported through official case surveillance.
  • The findings highlighted the limitations of the national surveillance system in detecting true incidence rates, and indicated a need for further research to validate the testing methods before they can be reliably
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In this case report, we describe a clinical presentation and therapeutic history of a unique case diagnosed with Lassa fever and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in a 23-year-old man from Yomou prefecture in southeast Guinea identified with suspected Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the midst of an ongoing outbreak of that disease in the same region. On May 3, 2021, he was admitted to the Nzérékoré Epidemic disease treatment center where his clinical condition deteriorated significantly. Laboratory testing performed on the same day reveals a negative EVD polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

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Introduction: Mastoiditis is a complication of otitis media and is defined as inflammation (usually infectious) of the mastoid air cells. Its incidence is 1.2 cases per 100,000 in children under 15 years of age, with a higher incidence in infants and a slight male predominance.

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Seven years after the declaration of the first epidemic of Ebola virus disease in Guinea, the country faced a new outbreak-between 14 February and 19 June 2021-near the epicentre of the previous epidemic. Here we use next-generation sequencing to generate complete or near-complete genomes of Zaire ebolavirus from samples obtained from 12 different patients. These genomes form a well-supported phylogenetic cluster with genomes from the previous outbreak, which indicates that the new outbreak was not the result of a new spillover event from an animal reservoir.

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