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 07/11/2026.
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Comparing COVID-19 physical distancing policies: results from a physical distancing intensity coding framework for Botswana, India, Jamaica, Mozambique, Namibia, Ukraine, and the United States
BACKGROUND: Understanding the differences in timing and composition of physical distancing policies is important to evaluate the early global response …
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Differential pathogenesis of closely related 2018 Nigerian outbreak clade III Lassa virus isolates
Nigeria continues to experience ever increasing annual outbreaks of Lassa fever (LF). The World Health Organization has recently declared Lassa …
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Non-Invasive Antibody Assessment in Saliva to Determine SARS-CoV-2 Exposure in Young Children
Saliva is a body fluid with hitherto unused potential for the assessment of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. Specific antibodies can indicate a …
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Organizational factors associated with health worker protection during the COVID-19 pandemic in four provinces of South Africa
BACKGROUND: Health workers, in short supply in many low-and-middle-income countries, are at increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection. This study aimed …
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COVID-19 information dissemination in Uganda: Perspectives from sub-national health workers
BACKGROUND: In many places, health workers at the sub-national level are on the frontlines of disseminating information about coronavirus (COVID-19) …
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Analysis of the management of the tenth Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo: developing a multidisciplinary response model to strengthen the healthcare system during disease outbreaks
The declaration of any public health emergency in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is usually followed by the provision …
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Psychological impact of COVID-19 and contributing factors of students’ preventive behavior based on HBM in Gondar, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: The Ethiopian Federal government has locked down schools as one measure to contain Covid-19 pandemic. Psychological effect of COVID-19 …
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Post-Ebola sequelae among Ebola child survivors in Sierra Leone
BACKGROUND: There are limited data regarding the long-term health effects of child survivors of the 2013-2016 West African Ebola virus …
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Modelling Representative Population Mobility for COVID-19 Spatial Transmission in South Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic starting in the first half of 2020 has changed the lives of everyone across the world. Reduced …
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Impact of COVID-19 and mitigation plans on essential health services: institutional experience of a hospital in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Health systems around the world are being challenged by an on-going COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic and associated response …
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Does the data tell the true story? A modelling assessment of early COVID-19 pandemic suppression and mitigation strategies in Ghana
This paper uses publicly available data and various statistical models to estimate the basic reproduction number (R0) and other disease …
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Extent of compliance with COVID-19 prevention and control guidelines among supermarkets in Kampala Capital City and Mukono Municipality, Uganda
BACKGROUND: Despite the development and enforcement of preventive guidelines by governments, COVID-19 continues to spread across nations, causing unprecedented economic …
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Domestic risk factors for increased rodent abundance in a Lassa fever endemic region of rural Upper Guinea
Lassa fever (LF) is a viral haemorrhagic fever endemic in West Africa and spread primarily by the multimammate rat, Mastomys …
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Investigation of astrovirus, coronavirus and paramyxovirus co-infections in bats in the western Indian Ocean
Co-infections have a key role in virus transmission in wild reservoir hosts. We investigated the simultaneous presence of astroviruses, coronaviruses, …
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The cost of clinical management of SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) infection by level of disease severity in Ghana: a protocol-based cost of illness analysis
BACKGROUND: As the global strategies to fight the SARS-COV-2 infection (COVID-19) evolved, response strategies impacted the magnitude and distribution of …
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Quantifying previous SARS-CoV-2 infection through mixture modelling of antibody levels
As countries decide on vaccination strategies and how to ease movement restrictions, estimating the proportion of the population previously infected …
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Factors associated with access to condoms and sources of condoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
BACKGROUND: Evidence has shown that the prescribed lockdown and physical distancing due to the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have …
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Use of WhatsApp®, for distance teaching during COVID-19 pandemic: Experience and perception from a sub-Saharan African setting
BACKGROUND: In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, to palliate to the lockdown and cover academic programs, the faculty of …
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Associations between psychological wellbeing, depression, general anxiety, perceived social support, tooth brushing frequency and oral ulcers among adults resident in Nigeria during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic
INTRODUCTION: The aims of this study were to determine the associations between psychological wellbeing, and the frequency of tooth brushing …
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Stochastic model of the transmission dynamics of COVID-19 pandemic
deterministic model and extend it to a stochastic model by introducing intensity of stochastic factors and Brownian motion. Our basic …