COVID-19 et épidémies
COVID-19 et autres épidémies (Ebola, choléra, mpox, fièvres de Lassa et jaune, Marburg) : surveillance, riposte, vaccination et effets sur les sociétés.
Critères d'inclusion : Documents publiés sur SPHAERO dont le titre ou les mots-clés contiennent l'un des termes suivants (mot entier, avec ses variantes) : covid, sars-cov-2, coronavirus, pandémi, pandemic, ebola, choléra, mpox, monkeypox, lassa, fièvre jaune, yellow fever, marburg. Composition recalculée chaque nuit.
Responsable : Équipe éditoriale SPHAERO. Composition mise à jour le 06/11/2026.
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Community-based COVID-19 active case finding and rapid response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Improving case detection and response
A community-based coronavirus disease (COVID-19) active case-finding strategy using an antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic test (Ag-RDT) was implemented in the Democratic …
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Community-level impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on malaria prevention and health-seeking behaviours in rural Benin: A mixed methods study
Globally, negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on malaria prevention and control efforts have been caused by delayed distributions of …
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Economic impact of COVID-19 on income and use of livelihoods related coping mechanisms in Chad
Introduction Impacts of the economic slowdown due to COVID-19 were prevalent in SubSaharan African countries. Using four nationally representative surveys …
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Mitigating misinformation about the COVID-19 infodemic on social media: A conceptual framework
During coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the term 'infodemic' was used to depict the abundance of information about COVID-19 on social …
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Siphefumula Ngenxeba in our own homes: Gender-based violence during COVID-19 pandemic
Gender-based violence (GBV) has become a major problem in South Africa, making headlines on a regular basis. When the president …
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Culture and pandemic control at cross-roads: navigating the burial guidelines for COVID-19-related deaths in a Ghanaian setting
BACKGROUND: Despite the large volume of scientific evidence on the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated high morbidity …
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Deleterious impact of COVID-19 pandemic: Male fertility was not out of the bag
BACKGROUND: The emergence and the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) induced by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has multiple consequences in all …
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Spread of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Adult Populations in Cameroon: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study Among Blood Donors in the Cities of Yaoundé and Douala
Over a period of about 9 months, we conducted three serosurveys in the two major cities of Cameroon to determine …
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Myrtus communis in Europe threatened by the pandemic and South African strains of the myrtle rust pathogen Austropuccinia psidii (Sphaerophragmiaceae, Pucciniales)
Austropuccinia psidii, the causal agent of myrtle rust, has emerged as a significant threat to Myrtaceae in planted and natural …
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Modeling the Lassa fever outbreak synchronously occurring with cholera and COVID-19 outbreaks in Nigeria 2021: A threat to Global Health Security
Nigeria struggles with seasonal outbreaks of Lassa fever (LF), with 70 to 100% of its states affected annually. Since 2018, …
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An evaluation of the early impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Zambia’s routine immunization program
Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for both populations and healthcare systems are vast. In addition to morbidity and mortality from …
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Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on subjective wellbeing in the Middle East and North Africa: A gender analysis
The pathways through which the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted population mental health are potentially gendered. Little research has explored these …
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Capital structure and COVID-19: Lessons learned from an emerging market
Orientation: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the subsequent lockdown regulations restricted ongoing trade for most retail firms. Business strategies had …
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The impact of COVID-19 on a South African pediatric cardiac service: implications and insights into service capacity
Background and Objectives The Western Cape public pediatric cardiac service is under-resourced. COVID-19 regulations are likely to have long-term effects …
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Burial workers’ perceptions of community resistance and support systems during an Ebola outbreak in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Community Health Workers (CHWs) provide vital services during disease outbreaks. Appropriate burials of those who died from an infectious …
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Seroepidemiology of Lassa virus in pregnant women in Southern Nigeria: A prospective hospital-based cohort study
BACKGROUND: There is limited epidemiological evidence on Lassa fever in pregnant women with acute gaps on prevalence, infection incidence, and …
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Intensive care unit nurses’ knowledge, attitudes and practices of COVID-19 infection prevention and control
Background: Intensive care units (ICUs) had to rapidly adapt infection prevention and control (IPC) practices during the coronavirus disease 2019 …
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Spatio-temporal dynamic of the COVID-19 epidemic and the impact of imported cases in Rwanda
INTRODUCTION: Africa was threatened by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to the limited health care infrastructure. Rwanda has consistently …
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Challenges and opportunities for improved contact tracing in Ghana: experiences from Coronavirus disease-2019-related contact tracing in the Bono region
BACKGROUND: In Ghana, contact tracing received heightened attention in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic during its peak period. Despite …
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Response to the impact of COVID-19 by health professions education institutions in Africa: a case study on preparedness for remote learning and teaching
Background: Africa, like other parts of the world, continuously strives to deliver quality health professions education. These efforts are influenced …