2014
The impact of clinical research activities on communities in rural Africa: the development of the Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro (CRUN) in Burkina Faso
Tinto H, Valea I, Sorgho H, Tahita M, Traore M, Bihoun B, Guiraud I, Kpoda H, Rouamba J, Ouédraogo S, Lompo P, Yara S, Kabore W, Ouédraogo J, Guiguemdé R, Binka F, Ogutu B. The impact of clinical research activities on communities in rural Africa: the development of the Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro (CRUN) in Burkina Faso. Malaria Journal 2014, 13: 113. PMID: 24655351, PMCID: PMC3994337, DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical research unitMalaria vaccine trialsClinical trial platformDemographic Surveillance SystemResource-poor settingsClinical research activitiesClinical laboratory servicesVaccine trialsHealth workersNanoroMalaria controlClinical researchNew drugsTrial platformHealth careLaboratory servicesResearch UnitSurveillance systemSaharan AfricaStudy dataTotal populationRural AfricaActive advocacyBurkina FasoPopulation
2004
Serodiagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni infections in an endemic area of Burkina Faso: performance of several immunological tests with different parasite antigens
Sorgho H, Bahgat M, Poda J, Song W, Kirsten C, Doenhoff M, Zongo I, Ouédraogo J, Ruppel A. Serodiagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni infections in an endemic area of Burkina Faso: performance of several immunological tests with different parasite antigens. Acta Tropica 2004, 93: 169-180. PMID: 15652331, DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2004.10.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAnimalsAntibodies, HelminthAntigens, HelminthBurkina FasoChildCross-Sectional StudiesEndemic DiseasesEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFecesFemaleFluorescent Antibody Technique, IndirectHemagglutination TestsHumansMaleParasite Egg CountSchistosoma mansoniSchistosomiasis mansoniConceptsIndirect haemagglutination assayEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assaySoluble S. mansoni egg antigensEgg antigenS. japonicum egg antigenKato-Katz thick smearsAdult S. mansoni wormsSchistosoma mansoni-endemic areaS. mansoni egg antigensS. mansoni adult wormsS. mansoni eggsSchistosoma mansoni infectionEgg-negative individualsS. mansoni wormsSensitive diagnostic markerSecond stool sampleIndirect immunofluorescent antibodyDifferent parasite antigensResource-poor settingsAccurate diagnostic testSensitivity of ELISAMansoni eggsMansoni infectionWorm antigenTrue infection