Public Health Nutr. 2021 Oct 7:1-11. doi: 10.1017/S1368980021004080. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationships between dental problems and underweight status among rural women in Burkina Faso …

BMC Public Health. 2021 Sep 27;21(1):1764. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11819-0. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Adolescents are considered at high risk of developing iron deficiency. Studies in children indicate that the prevalence of iron deficiency …

Trop Med Health. 2021 Nov 4;49(1):90. doi: 10.1186/s41182-021-00381-5. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Malaria and sexually transmitted/reproductive tract infections (STI/RTI) are leading and preventable causes of low birthweight in sub-Saharan Africa. Reducing their …

BMC Infect Dis. 2021 Nov 1;21(1):1126. doi: 10.1186/s12879-021-06817-x. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Detailed characteristics of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in Burkina Faso are scarce. The main aim of this study was …

Sci Rep. 2021 Oct 29;11(1):21332. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-00881-8. ABSTRACT Low birthweight (LBW) is a worldwide problem that particularly affects developing countries. However, limited information is available on its magnitude in rural …

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021 Oct 27;21(1):722. doi: 10.1186/s12884-021-04205-6. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Malaria and curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are severe infections associated with poor pregnancy outcomes in sub-Saharan countries. These infections …

Malar J. 2021 Oct 23;20(1):416. doi: 10.1186/s12936-021-03948-z. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Although the association between malaria and anaemia is widely studied in patient cohorts, the population-representative causal effects of malaria on anaemia …

PLoS One. 2021 Oct 13;16(10):e0257190. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257190. eCollection 2021. ABSTRACT Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of serious illness and death in children, indicating the need to monitor prevalent strains, …

Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Dec 11:ciab1017. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab1017. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: A trial in young African children showed that combining seasonal vaccination with the RTS,S/AS01E vaccine with …

Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2021 Nov 15;17:1187-1198. doi: 10.2147/TCRM.S330813. eCollection 2021. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Though chloroquine derivatives are used in the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in many countries worldwide, …