2018
Antibody Persistence at the Population Level 5 Years After Mass Vaccination With Meningococcal Serogroup A Conjugate Vaccine (PsA-TT) in Burkina Faso: Need for a Booster Campaign?
Yaro S, Lafourcade B, Ouangraoua S, Ouoba A, Kpoda H, Findlow H, Tall H, Seanehia J, Martin C, Ouedraogo J, Gessner B, Meda N, Borrow R, Trotter C, Mueller J. Antibody Persistence at the Population Level 5 Years After Mass Vaccination With Meningococcal Serogroup A Conjugate Vaccine (PsA-TT) in Burkina Faso: Need for a Booster Campaign? Clinical Infectious Diseases 2018, 68: 435-443. PMID: 30481265, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciy488.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPre-vaccination levelsAge groupsBooster campaignAntibody persistenceMeningococcal serogroup A conjugate vaccineSerum bactericidal antibody titersBactericidal antibody titersYounger age groupsOlder age groupsImmunoglobulin G concentrationCross-sectional surveyTime of returnDifferent age groupsConjugate vaccineAntibody titersImmune protectionGeneral populationMass vaccinationSerological surveyComplete returnOlder individualsMass campaignsBurkina FasoGeometric meanBobo-Dioulasso
2006
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with worm vomit and cercarial secretions of Schistosoma mansoni to detect infections in an endemic focus of Burkina Faso
Bahgat M, Sorgho H, Ouédraogo J, Poda J, Sawadogo L, Ruppel A. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with worm vomit and cercarial secretions of Schistosoma mansoni to detect infections in an endemic focus of Burkina Faso. Journal Of Helminthology 2006, 80: 19-23. PMID: 16469168, DOI: 10.1079/joh2005312.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assayDetectable eggsCercarial secretionsS. mansoni endemic areasKato-Katz thick smearsSchistosoma mansoniParasitological stool examinationEnzyme-linked immunosorbentHigh diagnostic sensitivityAdult Schistosoma mansoniStool examinationIgG reactivityStool specimensThick smearsOlder individualsEndemic fociDiagnostic sensitivityImmunosorbent assayOptical density valuesPositive reactionBurkina FasoVomitRespective percentagesMansoniSecretion