Association of DRB1*11 and DRB1*12 alleles of the HLA system with the evolution of the Hepatitis B virus infection in Burkina Faso.

Background: Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection affect all social strata of humanity and in the absence of any management, this infection has a different outcome from one infected person to another. This suggests that there are specific individual factors that influence the outcome of the pathology. Sex, immunogenetics and age of contraction of the virus have been cited as factors that influence the evolution of the pathology.

Countrywide Survey of Plants Used for Liver Disease Management by Traditional Healers in Burkina Faso.

Liver disease is highly prevalent in Africa, especially in the western African country Burkina Faso, due to the presence of multiple biological and chemical aggressors of the liver. Furthermore, diagnosis and appropriate care for liver disease are uneven and usually insufficient. This drives local communities to turn to folk medicine based on medicinal plants from healers.

[Prevalence and factors associated with malnutrition in infants aged 6 to 23 months admitted to paediatric emergencies department at the Yalgado Ouédraogo University Hospital in Burkina Faso].

Introduction: Despite the implementation of various nutritional interventions, access to healthy food in sufficient quantity for the population remain challenging in Burkina Faso. The objective of this study was to assess the nutritional status of infants aged 6-23 months and to identify factors associated with malnutrition.

Patients And Methods: From 1 May to 31th July 2016, we conducted a cross-sectional study at Yalgado Ouedraogo University Hospital paediatric department.

High folate levels are not associated with increased malaria risk but with reduced anaemia rates in the context of high-dosed folate supplements and intermittent preventive treatment against malaria in pregnancy with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in Benin.

Objectives: To investigate whether high-dosed folate supplements might diminish the efficacy of malaria intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) in a cohort of pregnant women in Benin, where malaria is holoendemic.

Methods: We followed 318 women during the entire pregnancy and analysed haematological and Plasmodium falciparum indicators in the context of an intermittent preventive treatment trial in Benin. During the follow-up, women received two-dose IPTp (1500/75 mg of SP per dose) at the maternity clinic and 600 mg of albendazole, 200 mg ferrous sulphate and 5 mg folic acid per day for home treatment.

High Iron Levels Are Associated with Increased Malaria Risk in Infants during the First Year of Life in Benin.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 40% of children in low-income countries are anemic. Therefore, iron supplements are recommended by WHO in areas with high anemia rates. However, some studies have set into question the benefits of iron supplementation in malaria-endemic regions.

[Characteristics of the patients "lost to follow-up" and determining factors of loss to follow-up to patients living with HIV at Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso].

The objective of this study is to describe the characteristics of the patients "lost to follow-up" and determining factors of lost to follow-up at the patients infected by HIV. This is a descriptive and analytical retrospective study made on patients with or not by HAART, registered in the Day hospital of Ouagadougou. Of 5118 adult patients studied, 402 (7.

[Pathologies in internal medicine: concerning Burkina Faso].

Unlabelled: The objective of our study was to determining the epidemiological, diagnosis and evolutionary aspects of pathologies admitted for care in the service of internal medicine between January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2009.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional retrospective and descriptive study was conducted over three years, from the review of medical records of patients admitted to the Department of internal medicine of the Souro Sanou university hospital.

Results: Our study concerned 5362 patients.

[Noma and Burkitt disease; a particular association about three observations seen in the Teaching Hospital Center Yalgado Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso)].

Cancrum oris is a gangrenous stomatitis arising from a periodontal infection and leading to severe soft tissue and bone destruction. The pathology involves numerous factors including local thrombosis, vascularitis, necrotizing gingivitis, immunodeficiency, Gram negative and anaerobic infection. It is usually a disease of infants and malnourished children in tropical areas often occurring after a debilitating disease like measles [3].

Antiretroviral treatment and quality of life in Africans living with HIV: 12-month follow-up in Burkina Faso.

Introduction: The scale-up of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has led to a significant improvement in survival of the HIV-positive patient but its effects on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) are less known and context-dependent. Our aim was to assess the temporal changes and factors associated with HRQOL among HIV-positive adults initiating HAART in Burkina Faso.

Methods: HIV-positive people initiating HAART were prospectively included and followed over a one-year period in three HIV clinics of Ouagadougou.

[Prevalence and factors associated with low back pain among hospital staff in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)].

Objective: The aim of our study was to determine the prevalence, risk factors, associated with low back pain among hospital staff in a developing country.

Patients And Methods: This transversal study was conducted from March 2007 to February 2008 at Yalgado Ouédraogo Teaching Hospital in Ouagadougou (CHU-YO), Burkina Faso.

Results: There were 256 men and 180 women with an average age of 38 +/- 8.

[Rheumatologic diseases and haemoglobinopathies in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)].

The purpose of this study is the prevalence of the rheumatologic complications in the sickle cell disease and the associations between haemoglobinopathies and rheumatologic affections. It is a retrospective study from 29 February 2006 to 28 March 2008 conducted in the Internal Department of the University Hospital Yalgado-Ouédraogo. All patients received in the period of study and having an electrophoresis of haemoglobin realized in alkaline pH were included.

[Disseminated subcutaneous cysticercosis: a report of six cases in Burkina Faso].

Cysticercosis is an infection resulting from the larval form of the pig tapeworm, Taenia solium. The subcutaneous localizations are frequent and can have serious consequences such as neurological attacks. We report six cases among whom five men and a woman, in order to point out the severity of the disease and its possible dissemination.