The implementation of infection prevention and control measures and health care utilisation in ACF-supported health facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2020

Autor: Chiara Altare, Linda Matadi Basadia, Natalya Kostandova, Justus Nsio Mbeta, Sophie Bruneau, Caroline Antoine, Marie Petry

Publikováno v: Global Health Action, Vol 16, Iss 1 (2023)

Background Infection prevention and control (IPC) was a central component of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s COVID-19 response in 2020, aiming to prevent infections and ensure safe health service provision. Objectives We aimed to assess the

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Novel Use of Capture-Recapture Methods to Estimate Completeness of Contact Tracing during an Ebola Outbreak, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2018–2020

Autor: Jonathan A. Polonsky, Dankmar Böhning, Mory Keita, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Justus Nsio-Mbeta, Aaron Aruna Abedi, Mathias Mossoko, Janne Estill, Olivia Keiser, Laurent Kaiser, Zabulon Yoti, Patarawan Sangnawakij, Rattana Lerdsuwansri, Victor J. Del Rio Vilas

Publikováno v: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 27, Iss 12, Pp 3063-3072 (2021)

Despite its critical role in containing outbreaks, the efficacy of contact tracing, measured as the sensitivity of case detection, remains an elusive metric. We estimated the sensitivity of contact tracing by applying unilist capture-recapture method

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High Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Antibody Prevalence After the Third Epidemic Wave (May–October 2021) in Matadi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Autor: Yannick Munyeku-Bazitama, Patient Okitale-Talunda, Patrick Mpingabo-Ilunga, Marc K Yambayamba, Paul M Tshiminyi, Aimé Umba-Phuati, Jacques Kimfuta, Ferdinand A Phukuta, Goethe Makindu, Raymond Mufwaya-Nsene, Ryoko Asari, Saeda Makimoto, Lionel K Baketana, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Mitsuo Isono, Justus Nsio-Mbeta, Sheila Makiala-Mandanda, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum

Publikováno v: Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 10

Background By the end of the third wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic (May–October 2021), only 3130 of the 57 268 confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were report

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https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad023

Evaluation of Early Warning, Alert and Response System for Ebola Virus Disease, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2018–2020

Autor: John Kombe Ngwama, Gaston Tshapenda Panda, Pierre Celeste Adikey, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Mory Keita, Stephanie Dagron, Boubacar Diallo, Debarati Guha-Sapir, Justus Nsio-Mbeta, Michel Kalongo Ilumbulumbu, Iris Finci, Ambrose Talisuna, Héloïse Lucaccioni, Olivia Keiser, Jonathan A. Polonsky, Alexandre Delamou, Maria Moitinho de Almeida, Michel Kasereka Tosalisana, Adama Dakissaga, Lorenzo Subissi

Publikováno v: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol. 27, no.12, p. 2988-2998 (2021)
Emerging infectious diseases, Vol. 27, No 12 (2021) pp. 2988-2998
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 27, Iss 12, Pp 2988-2998 (2021)
Emerging Infectious Diseases

The 10th and largest Ebola virus disease epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was declared in North Kivu Province in August 2018 and ended in June 2020. We describe and evaluate an Early Warning, Alert and Response System (EWARS) im

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https://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/254797

Survey of Ebola Viruses in Frugivorous and Insectivorous Bats in Guinea, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2015-2017

Autor: Guillaume Thaurignac, Mare Geraerts, Eric Delaporte, Thomas Lemarcis, Simon-Pierre Ndimbo-Kumugo, Eitel Mpoudi-Ngole, Abdoulaye Touré, Hélène M. De Nys, Ramadan Diallo, Amandine Esteban, Alpha Kabinet Keita, Placide Mbala Kingebeni, Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, Lamine Koivogui, Martine Peeters, Mathieu Bourgarel, Christelle Butel, Nicole Vidal, Justus Nsio-Mbeta, Christian-Julian Villabona-Arenas, Ahidjo Ayouba, François Roger, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Fabian H. Leendertz, Nikki Tagg

Publikováno v: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 24, Iss 12, Pp 2228-2240 (2018)
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018, 24 (12), pp.2228-2240. ⟨10.3201/eid2412.180740⟩
Emerging Infectious Diseases 12 (24), 2228-2240. (2018)
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018, 24 (12), pp.2228-2240. ⟨10.3201/eid2412.180740⟩

International audience; To clarify the role of bats in the ecology of Ebola viruses, we assessed the prevalence of Ebola virus antibodies in a large-scale sample of bats collected during 2015-2017 from countries in Africa that have had previous Ebola

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