Scientific Articles

Improving Influenza Surveillance in sub-Saharan Africa

April 2012

Steffen C, Debellut F, Gessner BD, Kasolo FC, Yahaya AA, Ayebazibwe N, Bassong O, Cardoso Y, Kebede S, Manoncourt S, Vandemaele KA, Mounts AW.

Bull World Health Organ 2012;90:301–305. doi:10.2471/BLT.11.098244.

Costs and Impact of Meningitis Epidemics for the Public Health System in Burkina Faso

July 2011

Colombini A, Badolo O, Gessner BD, Jaillard P, Seini E, Da Silva A.

Vaccine. 2011 Jul 26;29(33):5474-80. Epub 2011 Jun 12.

Emergence of Epidemic Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup X Meningitis in Togo and Burkina Faso

May 2011

Delrieu I, Yaro S, Tamekloe TAS, Njanpop-Lafourcade BM, Tall H, Jaillard P, Ouedraogo MS, Badziklou K, Sanou O, Drabo A, Gessner BD, Kambou JL, Mueller JE

PLoS ONE 6(5): e19513. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019513

Seasonal Influenza Epidemiology in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review

March 2011

Gessner BD, Shindo N, Briand S.

Lancet Infect Dis. 2011 Mar;11(3):223-35.

Establishment of a National Immunization Technical Advisory Group in Côte d’Ivoire: Process and lessons learned

February 2011

Blau J, Faye PC, Senouci K, Dagnan SN, Douba A, Saracino JT, Gessner BD.

Vaccine. 2012 Mar 28;30(15):2588-93. Epub 2012 Feb 11.

Afriflu-International Conference on Influenza Disease Burden in Africa, 1-2 June 2010, Marrakech, Morocco

January 2011

Steffen C, Diop OM, Gessner BD, Hacen MM, Hassar M, Katz MA, Miller MA, Paget WJ, Schoub BD, Vernet G, Ndumbe PM.

Vaccine. 2011 10;29(3):363-9. Epub 2010 Nov 25.

The Role of Innovative Financing Mechanisms for Health

November 2010

Le Gargasson, JB and Salome, B.

World Health Report (2010) Background Paper, No 12

A Hypothetical Explanatory Model for Meningococcal Meningitis in the African Meningitis Belt

July 2010

Mueller JE, Gessner BD.

Int J Infect Dis. 2010 Jul;14(7):e553-9. Epub 2009 Dec 16.

Meningitis Dipstick Rapid Test: Evaluating Diagnostic Performance during an Urban Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup A Outbreak, Burkina Faso, 2007

June 2010

Rose AM, Mueller JE, Gerstl S, Njanpop-Lafourcade BM, Page AL, Nicolas P, Traoré RO, Caugant DA, Guerin PJ.

PLoS One. 2010 Jun 11;5(6):e11086.

The Elimination of Haemophilus influenzae type b Meningitis following Conjugate Vaccine Introduction in Senegal