February 2025

Use of saliva for monitoring Plasmodium falciparum chemoresistance to pyrimethamine in three sites in Southern Côte D'ivoire

Current malaria diagnostic methods require blood sampling, which can be a barrier due to needle-related discomfort or cultural taboos surrounding blood. Saliva, being minimally invasive to collect, offers a promising alternative. This study aims to utilize saliva to monitor Plasmodium falciparum resistance to pyrimethamine at three sites in southern Côte d'Ivoire. Blood and saliva samples were collected from...

Author(s): Oléfongo DAGNOGO, Ako Aristide Berenger AKO, Dougba Noel DAGO, Kouakou Brice BLA, Offianan André TOURÉ and Allico Joseph DJAMAN,

February 2025

Detection of blaCTX-M, blaTEM, and blaSHV genes in ESBL-producing enterobacterales from poultry farms in the peri-urban area of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

This study investigated the carriage of blaCTX-M, blaTEM and blaSHV gene in Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacterals from poultry in peri-urban area of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. From June to November 2023, fresh fecal samples were collected from 37 consenting poultry farms in four peri-urban areas around Ouagadougou. These samples were cultured to isolate ESBL-producing Escherichia coli and...

Author(s): Isidore Juste Ouindgueta Bonkoungou, Marguerite Edith Malatala Nikiema, Zakaria Garba, Evariste Bako, Souleymane Belem, Djifahamaï Soma, Fatimata Bintou Josiane Diarra, Barthélémy Sibiri Zoma, Modeste Gampene, Namwin Siourimè Somda, Souleymane Sore and Nicolas Barro