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OBJECTIVES Meningococcal meningitis (MM) is still a huge threat in the African meningitis belt. To fight against epidemics, a strengthened health information system, based upon weekly collected data, was set up in Mali. We aimed to study the spatio-temporal dynamics of MM in this country between 1992 and 2003. METHODS We were first interested in the impact of population size on the disease pe...

Previous studies have shown that there is a circadian rhythm of photosensitivity in different rodent species of the Sahel (Burkina Faso) and that, despite the low amplitude of seasonal variations in daylength, the photoperiod may control reproductive function. The present investigation of Arvicanthis niloticus provides additional support for this hypothesis. Populations of Arvicanthis niloticus...

sooty blotch and flyspeck occur on fruit surfaces and result in economic losses due to less attractive appearance. sooty blotch fungi form dark mycelial mats whereas flyspeck fungal agents are well characterized with black, sclerotium-like bodies on fruit surface. whilst more than 60 species have been reported in association with these two fungal diseases, thus far they have not been studied in...

128. A whole-blood transcriptional signature predicts parasite control and protection from malaria fever during natural Plasmodium falciparum infection Tuan M. Tran, MD, PhD; Aissata Ongoiba, MD; Marcus Jones, PhD; Jeff Skinner, MS; Shanping Li, MS; Safiatou Doumbo, MD; Didier Doumtabe, PharmD; Younoussou Kone, MD; Aboudramane Bathily, MD; Jules Sangala, MD; Ogobara K. Doumbo, MD, PhD; Pratap V...

Sorghum grows well in arid and semi-arid agroecological zones and is thus one of the most important cereals in the Sahel region of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).3 Sudan, Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, and Niger lead sorghum production per capita in SSA. Per capita consumption is dominated by Sudan, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Chad. Ethiopia is also a major producer and consumer of sorghum.4 FAO data from ...

Introduction: Unsustainable natural resources utilization is on the increase in the developing countries thus the ability of many local communities to meet their basic needs including food, water and shelter is jeopardized. Uncontrolled gold-mining in Sikasso region is one such an anthropogenic activity that is of great environmental concern to the local and national governments of Mali owing t...

In Mali, a poor sub-Saharan country, maternity referral systems were implemented to combat the still-high rates of maternal mortality. This qualitative study was aimed at understanding the relationships between the qualification of staff in community health centres, the organization of services, and the management of pregnant women in the maternity referral system in Kayes, a rural region of Ma...

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