Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Alpha Kabinet Keita, Fara R. Koundouno, Martin Faye, Ariane Duex, Julia Hinzmann, Haby Diallo, Ahidjo Ayouba, Frederic Le Marcis, Barre Soropogui, Kekoura Ifono, Moussa M. Diagne, Mamadou S. Sow, Joseph A. Bore, Sebastien Calvignac-Spencer, Nicole Vidal, Jacob Camara, Mamadou B. Keita, Annick Renevey, Amadou Diallo, Abdoul K. Soumah, Saa L. Millimono, Almudena Mari-Saez, Mamadou Diop, Ahmadou Dore, Fode Y. Soumah, Kaka Kourouma, Nathalie J. Vielle, Cheikh Loucoubar, Ibrahima Camara, Karifa Kourouma, Giuditta Annibaldis, Assaitou Bah, Anke Thielebein, Meike Pahlmann, Steven T. Pullan, Miles W. Carroll, Joshua Quick, Pierre Formenty, Anais Legand, Karla Pietro, Michael R. Wiley, Noel Tordo, Christophe Peyrefitte, John T. McCrone, Andrew Rambaut, Youssouf Sidibe, Mamadou D. Barry, Madeleine Kourouma, Ce D. Saouromou, Mamadou Conde, Moussa Balde, Moriba Povogui, Sakoba Keita, Mandiou Diakite, Mamadou S. Bah, Amadou Sidibe, Dembo Diakite, Fode B. Sako, Fode A. Traore, Georges A. Ki-Zerbo, Philippe Lemey, Stephan Guenther, Liana E. Kafetzopoulou, Amadou A. Sall, Eric Delaporte, Sophie Duraffour, Ousmane Faye, Fabian H. Leendertz, Martine Peeters, Abdoulaye Toure, N' Faly Magassouba
Summary: The 2021 Ebola virus outbreak in Guinea was found to be a resurgence from the previous outbreak, rather than a new spillover event from an animal reservoir. This highlights the need for long-term medical and social care for survivors to reduce the risk of re-emergence and prevent further stigmatization.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Thomas M. Crea, K. Megan Collier, Elizabeth K. Klein, Stephen Sevalie, Bailah Molleh, Yusuf Kabba, Abdulai Kargbo, Joseph Bangura, Henry Gbettu, Stewart Simms, Clara O'Leary, Stacy Drury, John S. Schieffelin, Theresa S. Betancourt
Summary: This study found that social distancing and EVD-related stigma were prominent sources of distress among participants. These results suggest that coordinated responses are needed to prevent and mitigate additional psychosocial harm caused by isolation due to infection and enduring stigmatization of infected individuals and their families.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Jean Ndjomou, Scott Shearrer, Brendan Karlstrand, Carmen Asbun, Jesse Coble, Jane S. Alam, Mar P. Mar, Lance Presser, Scott Poynter, Julia M. Michelotti, Nadia Wauquier, Casey Ross, Sharon Altmann
Summary: The West Africa Ebola virus outbreak from 2014 to 2016 revealed the weaknesses in the public health systems of Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia, including inadequate training and equipment. Affected countries urgently sought international assistance to strengthen their public health systems. A successful laboratory capacity building program in Guinea improved bio-surveillance capabilities.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Mathematical & Computational Biology
Ryan Covington, Samuel Patton, Elliott Walker, Kazuo Yamazaki
Summary: Past works on partially diffusive models of diseases typically rely on a strong assumption regarding the initial data of their infection-related compartments in order to demonstrate uniform persistence when the basic reproduction number R-0 is above 1. This study introduces a modification to the standard method of proving uniform persistence, extending the results by weakening the assumptions and broadening the scope of uniform persistence.
MATHEMATICAL BIOSCIENCES AND ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Demography
Tianjian Lai, Nathan I. Hoffmann, Roger Waldinger
Summary: Individual legal vulnerability increases Latino immigrants' worries about deportation, while social and group markers also have independent and intersecting associations with immigrants' concerns. Disadvantaged social traits such as lack of English language proficiency and lower levels of education are associated with higher rates of deportation anxiety, regardless of legal status, and also differentially shape the effects of legal status. Immigrants from national origin groups at greater risk of deportation tend to worry more, regardless of individual legal status.
JOURNAL OF ETHNIC AND MIGRATION STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Abdullahi Tunde Aborode, Christos Tsagkaris, Shubhika Jain, Shoaib Ahmad, Mohammad Yasir Essar, Emmanuel Adebowale Fajemisin, Irem Adanur, Olivier Uwishema
Summary: In February 2021, a new Ebola outbreak occurred in Guinea amid the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to increased burden on the local healthcare system. Public health organizations and African health organizations have redeployed technical committees and mitigation mechanisms used during the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemics, emphasizing the need to reactivate previous strategies and consider new measures.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Jennifer J. Hemingway-Foday, Boubacar Ibrahima Diallo, Salomon Compaore, Souleymane Bah, Sakoba Keita, Ibrahima Telly Diallo, Lise D. Martel, Claire J. Standley, Mariama B. Bah, Marlyatou Bah, Djiguiba Camara, Almamy K. Kaba, Lamine Keita, Moussa Kone, Eileen Reynolds, Ousmane Souare, Kristen B. Stolka, Samuel Tchwenko, Abdoulaye Wone, Mary Claire Worrell, Pia D. M. MacDonald
Summary: The Ebola outbreak in Guinea from 2014 to 2016 exposed weaknesses in the disease surveillance system, leading to delayed detection and underreporting. In response, the Guinean Ministry of Health prioritized surveillance strengthening and received support from the US CDC and its partners.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Kaba Conde, Carlos Othon Guelngar, Mamadou Cire Barry, Hugues Ghislain Atakla, Awada Mohamed, Fode Abass Cisse
Summary: Sjogren's syndrome is rare in children and difficult to diagnose. It is characterized by dry eye syndrome and mouth dryness, with quick diagnosis and initiation of synthetic antimalarial treatment increasing the hope of a cure.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Anthropology
Emmanuelle Roth
Summary: The unique 2013-2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa led to extensive investigations into the disease's origin. A new economy of health projects emerged, employing Guinean professionals to sample animals and strengthen the hypothesis that the disease originated from bats. Through examining virology research and its hazards in post-Ebola Guinea, I argue that the bat reservoir hypothesis has assumed a heuristic role similar to the way a fetish polarizes relations between those who manipulate and fear this idea.
MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Aiyush Sharma, Manish Jain, Ashutosh Halder, Seema Kaushal
Summary: Sertoli cell only syndrome (SCOS) is characterized by complete absence of germ cells in seminiferous tubules of testis. Genetic factors, including sex chromosomal aneuploidy and Yq Microdeletion, play a major role in the pathogenesis of SCOS. The study evaluated genomic imbalances in idiopathic SCOS patients and identified various genetic abnormalities related to SCOS pathogenesis, including sex chromosomal abnormalities and Yq microdeletions. Further research is needed to explore the mechanisms of these genomic imbalances in the pathogenesis of SCOS.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Mory Keita, Mahamoud Sama Cherif, Billy Sivahera, Samuel T. Boland, Freddy Banza-Mutoka, Mamadou Kourouma, Alseny Modet Camara, Youssouf Sidibe, Jean Paul Kimenyi, Lamine Diassy, Angelo Loua, Ibrahima Sory Fofana, Youba Kandako, Dobo Onivogui, Enogo Koivogui, Tamba Jacques Millimono, Fode Diakite, Mamadou Balde, Bienvenu Houndjo, Ngoy Nsenga, Ambrose Talisuna, Alexandre Delamou, Olivia Keiser, Georges Alfred Ki-Zerbo, Abdou Salam Gueye
Summary: This case report describes the clinical presentation and therapeutic history of a unique case diagnosed with both Lassa fever and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Guinea. This case highlights the importance of systematic differential diagnosis during epidemic outbreaks for better management of severely ill patients.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
(2022)
Article
Physics, Mathematical
Marco Aldi, Niel de Beaudrap, Sevag Gharibian, Seyran Saeedi
Summary: In this study, the problem of computing satisfying assignments to k-QSAT instances with a dimer covering or matching is investigated. The results fall into three directions related to the dimer covering setting: (1) A polynomial-time classical algorithm for k-QSAT when all qubits occur in at most two interaction terms or clauses is provided. (2) A parameterized algorithm for k-QSAT instances from a certain non-trivial class is presented, leading to exponential speedups in some cases by solving for a single root of a single univariate polynomial. (3) A structural graph theoretic study of 3-QSAT interaction graphs with a dimer covering is conducted, introducing new tools to the study of Quantum SAT such as transfer filtrations and blow-ups from algebraic geometry.
COMMUNICATIONS IN MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Mathematical & Computational Biology
Yaoyao Qin, Xin Pei, Mingtao Li, Yuzhen Chai
Summary: Brucellosis is an important infectious zoonotic disease caused by Brucella, and its prevalence in mainland China has spatial characteristics. A patch dynamics model was established to study the influence of sheep immigration on the transmission of brucellosis, and numerical simulations were conducted using Shanxi Province and Hebei Province as examples.
MATHEMATICAL BIOSCIENCES AND ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Juan Roldan-Merino, Celia Maria Ortega-Cejas, Teresa Lluch-Canut, Mariona Farres-Tarafa, Ainoa Biurrun-Garrido, Irma Casas, M. Isabel Castrillo-Perez, M. Mercedes Vicente-Hernandez, Marta Jimenez-Barragan, Raquel Martinez-Mondejar, Barbara Hurtado-Pardos, Sandra Cabrera-Jaime
Summary: The W-DEQ-B questionnaire, after translation into Spanish, was found to be reliable and valid for measuring the fear of childbirth. The study revealed that the questionnaire is multidimensional, with the Spanish version W-DEQ-B-Sp suitable for clinical practice and future research.
Article
Engineering, Chemical
Stella Plazzotta, Sonia Calligaris, Lara Manzocco
Summary: The feasibility of using aerogel particles made of whey protein isolate (WP) as a food ingredient was investigated. Cocoa spreads were prepared using sunflower oil instead of fats, and the WP aerogel particles were mixed with the other ingredients using two different methods. The aerogel spreads showed higher viscosity compared to the control, indicating the effectiveness of the porous aerogel particles in trapping oil. However, the preparation procedure influenced the interactions between the ingredients, with the two-step method resulting in a stronger network. The results suggest the potential application of aerogel particles as food ingredients, emphasizing the importance of process design to optimize their functionality.
JOURNAL OF FOOD ENGINEERING
(2023)