Invasive non-typhoidal salmonella disease: an emerging and neglected tropical disease in Africa

NA Feasey, G Dougan, RA Kingsley, RS Heyderman… - The Lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Invasive strains of non-typhoidal salmonellae have emerged as a prominent cause of
bloodstream infection in African adults and children, with an associated case fatality of 20 …

[HTML][HTML] Human campylobacteriosis in developing countries1

AO Coker, RD Isokpehi, BN Thomas… - Emerging infectious …, 2002 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Campylobacteriosis is a collective description for infectious diseases caused by members of
the bacterial genus Campylobacter. The only form of campylobacteriosis of major public …

Antimicrobial drug resistance among clinically relevant bacterial isolates in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

SJ Leopold, F van Leth, H Tarekegn… - Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background Little is known about the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) amongst
bacterial pathogens in sub-Saharan Africa (sSA), despite calls for continent-wide …

Prevalence of gastrointestinal pathogens in developed and developing countries: systematic review and meta-analysis

SM Fletcher, ML McLaws… - Journal of public health …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Diarrhoeal illness is a leading cause of child mortality and morbidity worldwide. There are
no precise or current estimates of the types and prevalence of pathogens associated with …

Review of human immunodeficiency virus type 1-related opportunistic infections in sub-Saharan Africa

CB Holmes, E Losina, RP Walensky… - Clinical infectious …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the natural history of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and
opportunistic infections in sub-Saharan Africa is necessary to optimize strategies for the …

Pathogenesis of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli infection

SM Harrington, EG Dudley… - FEMS microbiology …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
abstract Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) is emerging as a significant diarrheal
pathogen in multiple population groups. Although most commonly associated with pediatric …

Identification of an Aggregative Adhesion Fimbria (AAF) Type III-Encoding Operon in Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli as a Sensitive Probe for Detecting the AAF …

C Bernier, P Gounon, C Le Bouguénec - Infection and immunity, 2002 - Am Soc Microbiol
Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) is recognized as an emerging cause of diarrhea
in children and adults worldwide, and recent studies have implicated EAEC in persistent …

Recent advances in Blastocystis hominis research: hot spots in terra incognita

KSW Tan, M Singh, EH Yap - International journal for parasitology, 2002 - Elsevier
Despite being discovered more than 80 years ago, progress in Blastocystis research has
been gradual and challenging, due to the small number of laboratories currently working on …

Factors contributing to the emergence of Escherichia coli O157 in Africa.

E Effler, M Isaäcson, L Arntzen, R Heenan… - Emerging infectious …, 2001 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In 1992, a large outbreak of bloody diarrhea caused by Escherichia coli O157 infections
occurred in southern Africa. In Swaziland, 40,912 physician visits for diarrhea in persons …

Enteroaggregative escherichia coli

IN Okeke, JP Nataro - The Lancet infectious diseases, 2001 - thelancet.com
Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) are an increasingly important cause of
diarrhoea. E coli belonging to this category cause watery diarrhoea, which is often persistent …