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 08/11/2026.
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Reconstructing the evolutionary history of pandemic foot-and-mouth disease viruses: the impact of recombination within the emerging O/ME-SA/Ind-2001 lineage
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious disease of livestock affecting animal production and trade throughout Asia and Africa. Understanding …
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Contact tracing performance during the Ebola epidemic in Liberia, 2014-2015
BACKGROUND: During the Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic in Liberia, contact tracing was implemented to rapidly detect new cases and …
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Post-epidemic awareness and knowledge of Lassa fever among residents in affected community in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
AIM: An outbreak of Lassa fever occurred in Ibadan with a case fatality rate of 50% in 2012. Awareness creation …
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Confirmation of cholera by rapid diagnostic test amongst patients admitted to the cholera treatment centre in Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo
INTRODUCTION: Cholera is endemic in the Eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 1978, and Uvira in …
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Implications of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Guinea: Qualitative findings to inform future health and nutrition-related responses
INTRODUCTION: Due to the close relationship between EVD and nutrition, the humanitarian community implemented various nutrition-specific and -sensitive interventions to …
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Lassa Fever 2016 Outbreak in Plateau State, Nigeria—The Changing Epidemiology and Clinical Presentation
Lassa fever (LF) outbreaks in Nigeria mostly occur in rural areas and during the dry season, peaking between December through …
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Sero-prevalence of yellow fever and related Flavi viruses in Ethiopia: a public health perspective
BACKGROUND: Yellow fever (YF) is a viral hemorrhagic fever, endemic in the tropical forests of Africa and Central and South …
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A humanitarian response to the West African Ebola virus disease outbreak
The 2014–2016 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa was of unprecedented magnitude with a total of 28,616 suspected, …
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Molecular characterization of Vibrio cholerae responsible for cholera epidemics in Uganda by PCR, MLVA and WGS
BACKGROUND: For almost 50 years sub-Saharan Africa, including Uganda, has experienced several outbreaks due to Vibrio cholerae. Our aim was …
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Transmission of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infections among healthcare personnel in the Middle East: A systematic review
Purpose: To undertake a systematic review of the high mortality rate of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infections (MERS-CoV) among …
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A modified anthrax toxin-based enzyme-linked immunospot assay reveals robust T cell responses in symptomatic and asymptomatic Ebola virus exposed individuals
BACKGROUND: Ebola virus (EBOV) caused more than 11,000 deaths during the 2013-2016 epidemic in West Africa without approved vaccines or …
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Highly targeted cholera vaccination campaigns in urban setting are feasible: The experience in Kalemie, Democratic Republic of Congo
INTRODUCTION: Oral cholera vaccines are primarily recommended by the World Health Organization for cholera control in endemic countries. However, the …
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Kampala manifesto: Building community-based One Health approaches to disease surveillance and response—The Ebola Legacy—Lessons from a peer-led capacity-building initiative
OVERVIEW: International activities to respond to the Ebola crisis in West Africa were mainly developed and focussed around the biomedical …
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Community knowledge, attitudes and practices on Yellow fever in South Omo area, Southern Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Yellow fever (Yf) outbreak was recently reported in South Omo of Southern Ethiopia. This area was also highly affected …
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Dynamics of cholera epidemics from Benin to Mauritania
BACKGROUND: The countries of West Africa are largely portrayed as cholera endemic, although the dynamics of outbreaks in this region …
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Impact of infection prevention and control training on health facilities during the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Guinea
BACKGROUND: In 2014-2016, West Africa faced the most deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in history. A key strategy to …
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Field validation of recombinant antigen immunoassays for diagnosis of Lassa fever
Lassa fever, a hemorrhagic fever caused by Lassa virus (LASV), is endemic in West Africa. It is difficult to distinguish …
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Re-emerging Lassa fever outbreaks in Nigeria: Re-enforcing “One Health” community surveillance and emergency response practice
We evaluated the impact of man-made conflict events and climate change impact in guiding evidence-based community "One Health" epidemiology and …
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Health workers’ experiences of coping with the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone’s health system: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: The 2014 Ebola Virus Disease epidemic evolved in alarming ways in Sierra Leone spreading to all districts. The country …
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Aeromonas caviae mimicking Vibrio cholerae infectious enteropathy in a cholera-endemic region with possible public health consequences: two case reports
BACKGROUND: Aeromonas species have been documented to yield false positive results in microbiological tests for Vibrio cholerae. They share many …