Morbidity and health care resource utilization in HIV-infected children after antiretroviral therapy initiation in Côte d'Ivoire, 2004-2009.

Background: We describe severe morbidity and health care resource utilization (HCRU) among HIV-infected children on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

Methods: All HIV-infected children enrolled in an HIV-care program (2004-2009) were eligible for ART initiation until database closeout, death, ART interruption, or loss to follow-up. We calculated incidence rates (IRs) of density per 100 child-years (CYs) for severe morbidity, HCRU (outpatient care and inpatient care), and associated factors using frailty models with a Weibull distribution.

[Improvement of the quality of prevention of mother-to-child transmission in Côte d'Ivoire].

Objective: This study analysed the impact of improvement collaborative activities on the quality of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of AIDS in 28 health services in Côte d'Ivoire.

Methods: This descriptive, longitudinal, analytical study was based on the main information concerning HIV-infected pregnant women, and the integration and maintenance of HIV-infected subjects in the healthcare system. The study was conducted in 28 heathcare structures of 26 health districts in 12 health areas of Côte d'Ivoire,from January to September 2009.

Health needs and public health functions addressed in scientific publications in Francophone sub-Saharan Africa.

Objective: To describe the reporting of public health research in Francophone sub-Saharan Africa (FSA).

Study Design: A bibliometric research study of scientific public health publications in FSA, which includes 24 countries and approximately 260 million people.

Methods: Two researchers analysed original articles published in 2007 in the medical or social sciences fields and indexed in Scopus.

[In vitro susceptibility of vaginal Candida albicans to antifungal drugs in Abidjan (Ivory Coast)].

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate in vitro susceptibility of vaginal Candida albicans to common antifungal drugs in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Patients And Methods: From January to September 2008, 150 women with leucorrhoea were sampled for vaginal mycosis at the Pasteur Institute (Ivory Coast). Samples were analyzed by direct examination, Sabouraud-chloramphenicol and Sabouraud-chloramphenicol-actidione culture.

2-Oxo-2H-chromen-4-yl 4-meth-oxy-benzoate.

In the title mol-ecule, C17H12O5, the chromen-2-one ring and the 4-meth-oxy-benzoate side chain are inclined to one another at a dihedral angle of 69.82 (9)°. The crystal structure features parallel sheets of centrosymmetric R2(2)(6) dimers joined by a C(7) chain, resulting in centrosymetric tetra-mers of hydrogen-bonded mol-ecules with graph-set motif R4(4)(40).

[The quality of immunization services in community centers in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire].

In addition to health care centers, other institutions such as community centers are also involved in providing immunization services, the purpose being to address the inadequate provision of services in this area. The purpose of this study was to assess the quality of immunization services provided by non-medical staff. A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted over the course of two months in the 15 public community centers providing immunization services in Abidjan.

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Nous rapportons un nouveau cas d'éléphantiasis pénoscrotal idiopathique chez un adulte de 31 ans. La masse scrotale atteignait les genoux, avec lésions de grattage traitées et guéries à l'éosine aqueuse associée à une antibiothérapie par voie parentérale. Une exérèse de la masse scrotale a été effectuée, suivie d'une plastie de peau scrotale postérosupérieure associée à une circoncision partielle.

Development of variable number of tandem repeats typing schemes for Ralstonia solanacearum, the agent of bacterial wilt, banana Moko disease and potato brown rot.

Ralstonia solanacearum is an important soil borne bacterial plant pathogen causing bacterial wilt on many important crops. To better monitor epidemics, efficient tools that can identify and discriminate populations are needed. In this study, we assessed variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) genotyping as a new tool for epidemiological surveillance of R.

Characterisation of a highly saturated Irvingia gabonensis seed kernel oil with unusual linolenic acid content.

The search for new sources of oil with improved characteristics has focused our attention on the characterisation of Irvingia gabonensis seed kernel oil. Physicochemical analysis have revealed the following assets: refractive index (1.42 ± 0.

Immunomodulatory activity of polysaccharides isolated from Alchornea cordifolia.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Extracts of leaves from different species of the genus Alchornea have been used for centuries to treat a variety of medicinal problems in tropical Africa. However, little is known about the high-molecular weight active components conferring therapeutic properties to these extracts.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the immunomodulatory activity of polysaccharides isolated from the leaves of Alchornea cordifolia.

Chemical variability of the leaf essential oil of Xylopia aethiopica (Dunal) A.Rich. from Côte d'Ivoire.

The chemical composition of 48 essential-oil samples isolated from the leaves of Xylopia aethiopica harvested in six Ivoirian forests was investigated by GC-FID and (13) C-NMR analyses. In total, 23 components accounting for 82.5-96.

Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Thermophilic Campylobacter Isolated from Chicken in Côte d'Ivoire.

Thermophilic Campylobacters are major causes of gastroenteritis in human. The main risk factor of infection is consumption of contaminated or by cross-contaminated poultry meat. In Côte d'Ivoire, gastroenteritis is usually observed but no case of human campylobacteriosis has been formally reported to date.

[Intestinal parasites in children in Biankouma, Ivory Coast (mountaineous western region): efficacy and safety of praziquantel and albendazole].

Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis are a global public health problem, especially among schoolchildren. The purpose of this study was to determine the overall and specific prevalences of intestinal helminth infection and to assess the clinical efficacy, tolerance, and safety of praziquantel and albendazole for treating it. A descriptive cross-sectional study based on random sampling with one degree of freedom was conducted from November 2006 to March 2007 in the primary schools of Biankouma, Côte d'Ivoire.

Geographical Distribution of Cacao swollen shoot virus Molecular Variability in Côte d'Ivoire.

The discovery of new outbreaks caused by Cacao swollen shoot virus (CSSV) in Côte d'Ivoire in 2003, when this disease seemed to have been eradicated since the end of the 1950s in that country, casts doubt on the sustainability of Ivorian cocoa production. The aims of this study were, first, to carry out a molecular characterization of CSSV isolates from the main outbreaks in Côte d'Ivoire; second, determine their phylogenetic position in relation to isolates already discovered in Togo and Ghana; and, finally, study their geographical distribution to understand the dispersal of the virus. Additionally, this study was intended to enable the implementation and validation of a polyvalent molecular diagnosis assay for CSSV.

Perinatal thiamine deficiency-induced spontaneous abortion and pup-killing responses in rat dams.

Objectives: The current study attempts to determine whether thiamine (B1 vitamin) deficiency and chronic alcohol-related thiamine-deficient (TD) status, disturb maternal behavior towards pups.

Methods: During gestation and lactation, Wistar rat dams were exposed to the following treatments: (i) prenatal TD dams; (ii) perinatal TD dams; (iii) postnatal TD dams; (iv) 12% alcohol/water drinking mothers; (v) ad libitum control dams. Pair-feeding treatments controlled malnutrition related to thiamine deficiency; (vi) prenatal pair-fed (PF) dams; (vii) perinatal PF dams; (viii) postnatal PF dams and included also the control of alcohol consummation: (ix) PF saccharose dams.

[Water access and storage: survey in a peri-urban area of Abidjan in 2010].

A health survey on access to water and a chemical and bacteriological analysis were conducted between May and October 2010 on 200 tanks of drinking water in 669 households in a peri-urban area of Abidjan. The results show that 70% of the population used piped water and that 64% of the population used approximately 20 litres of water per person per day. The study found that households that used alternative sources of water spent more than those that used piped water (p < 0,001).

Surface modifications of illite in concentrated lime solutions investigated by pyridine adsorption.

The surface properties and functionality of an illite-containing clay mineral in alkaline solutions containing increasing quantities of calcium hydroxide were investigated using FTIR monitored pyridine adsorption at various temperatures. Results showed that the binding behavior of electron donor pyridine molecules to illite platelets is mostly governed by electron acceptor sites located at the edges of the clay particles. The binding of bulky hydrated calcium ions at the surface of the illite platelets decreases the surface area of illite.

[Interest of the prosthetic occlusal rehabilitation in improving irritable bowel syndrome at the University Hospital of Cocody (Abidjan)].

The functional colopathies are frequent in digestive pathology and are particularly badly felt by African patients. The authors, after the determination of the masticatory efficiency score (classification of Verkindere) of 100 subjects affected by colopathies and diagnosed in the service of gastroenterology of Cocody University Hospital (Abidjan), attempt to determine the importance of the masticatory deficiency in functional colopathies. Among the toothless subjects with functional colopathies, the restoration of the masticatory efficiency by functional prosthetic rehabilitation constitutes an essential therapeutic act in the reduction of the symptoms of the functional colopathies and the improvement of the comfort of the patients.

Paradoxical effects of alcohol and thiamine deficiency on the eye opening in rat pups.

Objective: The present study attempts to determine whether developmental thiamine (B1 vitamin) deficiency and developmental ethanol exposure disturb eye opening in Wistar rat pups.

Methods: During gestation and lactation, Wistar rat dams were exposed to the following treatments: (1) Prenatal thiamine-deficient dams; (2) perinatal thiamine-deficient dams; (3) postnatal thiamine-deficient dams; (4) 12% alcohol/water drinking mothers; (5) mothers drinking 12% alcohol/water + thiamine hydrochloride mixture; (6) ad libitum control dams. Pair-feeding treatments controlled malnutrition related to thiamine deficiency: (7) Prenatal pair-fed dams; (8) perinatal pair-fed dams; (9) postnatal pair-fed dams and included also the control of alcohol consummation: (10) pair-fed saccharose dams.

Distribution and conservation status of catarrhine primates in Côte d'Ivoire (West Africa).

Côte d'Ivoire holds 18 catarrhine taxa, with 3 endemic to Côte d'Ivoire and neighbouring Ghana. Nine of the taxa occurring in Côte d'Ivoire are listed as threatened at the global level. However, information on their conservation status within the country is available for only a limited number of taxa.

Three new natural compounds from the root bark essential oil from Xylopia aethiopica.

Introduction: In the course of on-going work on the characterisation of aromatic plants from the Ivory Coast we investigated the composition of the root oil from Xylopia aethiopica.

Objectives: The aim of this work was to investigate the chemical composition of X. aethiopica root oil and elucidate the structure of two new compounds.

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Study's Aim: This study aims a more efficient follow-up of the safety of medicines with human usage on the Ivory Coast territory.

Method: The structure responsible for pharmacovigilance in Ivory Coast i.e.

In vitro antileishmanial, antiplasmodial and cytotoxic activities of a new ventiloquinone and five known triterpenes from Parinari excelsa.

Context: Parinari excelsa Sabine (Chrysobalanaceae) is an indigenous tree from West and Eastern Africa. This tree is used in Ivory Coast as an antimalaria remedy.

Objective: The in vitro antiplasmodial and antileishmanial activities of the stem bark, the leaf and the major compounds from the stem bark were investigated.

Effect of Robusta (Coffea canephora P.) coffee cherries quantity put out for sun drying on contamination by fungi and ochratoxin A (OTA) under tropical humid zone (Côte d'Ivoire).

The effect of coffee cherries quantity put out for sun drying on the kinetics of the drying, chemical components variation, fungal growth and ochratoxin A production was evaluated. The results showed that the more coffee cherries quantity on the drying area was important, the slower they dried. Indeed, the drying durations were 12, 17, 21, 26, 31 and 32 days respectively for the lots of 10 kg, 20 kg, 30 kg, 40 kg, 50 kg and 60 kg of cherries by square meter of drying area.

[Non-tuberculous pleural infections versus tuberculous pleural infections].

Introduction: In countries where tuberculosis is endemic, the main differential diagnosis for pleural infection by common bacteria is pleural tuberculosis.

Objective: The purpose of our study was to determine the differences between pleural infection by common bacteria and that caused by pleural tuberculosis.

Methodology: Our study was a retrospective analysis and compared the characteristics of confirmed pleural infection by common bacteria (PIB) and that due to pleural tuberculosis (PT).