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Une localisation rare de la tuberculose: la tuberculose endométriale

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2019
La tuberculose demeure un problème de santé publique, surtout dans les pays en voie de développement. Si la forme pulmonaire bacillaire est la plus fréquente, la forme génitale est rare et sous-diagnostiquée.
Anthelme Kouessi Agbodande, Roger Leoubou Dodo, Aoulath Issa, Sonia Adjadohoun, Angèle Azon-Kouanou, Armand Finangnon Wanvoegbe, Mohamed Djivèdé Akanni, Roberto Prudencio, Djimon Marcel Zannou, Fabien Houngbe   +9 more
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Effects of Urban Metabolism on the Well Water Quality in Cotonou (Benin) and Lomé (Togo)

Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 2021
Urban metabolism, a process of material, energy and water flows, consumption or transformation in the cities and outflows of wastes, has impacts on the shallow groundwater. This study addressed the relationship between the urban metabolic system and well
H. S. T. Vodounon, K. Z. Houedakor, E. Amoussou, Adrien C. Dossou-Yovo   +3 more
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The current distribution and characterization of the L1014F resistance allele of the kdr gene in three malaria vectors (Anopheles gambiae, Anopheles coluzzii, Anopheles arabiensis) in Benin (West Africa)

Malaria Journal, 2019
Background The fight against malaria faces various biological obstacles, including the resistance of parasites to anti-malarial drugs and the resistance of mosquito vectors to insecticides.
Come Z. Koukpo, Arsène Jacques Y. H. Fassinou, Razaki A. Ossè, Fiacre R. Agossa, Arthur Sovi, Wilfrid T. Sewadé, Sidick Aboubakar, Bénoît S. Assogba, Martin C. Akogbeto, Michel Sezonlin   +9 more
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Tracheotomy in ENT at CNHU HKM of Cotonou

International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, 2021
Background: known since more than 5000 years, tracheotomy is indicated in severe obstructions of the upper airways or in improvement of ventilation in cases of problematic tracheal intubation.
Warou Dolou, Stephen LA Lawson, S. L. Afouda, F. Avakoudjo, W. Adjibabi, Berndadette Vignikin-Yehouessi   +5 more
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Spot specimen testing with GeneXpert MTB/RIF results compared to morning specimen in a programmatic setting in Cotonou, Benin

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background The diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) using smear microscopy has been based on testing two specimens: one spot and one early morning sputa. Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended to replace, whenever possible, microscopy ...
Faridath Massou, Merlin Fandohan, A. P. Wachinou, S. Agbla, G. Agodokpessi, L. Rigouts, B. D. de Jong, D. Affolabi   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Application of Polovodova’s method for the determination of physiological age and relationship between the level of parity and infectivity of Plasmodium falciparum in Anopheles gambiae s.s, south-eastern Benin

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Polovodova method based on counting follicular dilatations estimates the number of egg-laying in mosquitoes. However, some researchers doubt the reliability of this method because of the absence of multiple dilatations in vectors after many ...
Rodrigue Anagonou, Fiacre Agossa, Roseric Azondékon, Marc Agbogan, Fréderic Oké-Agbo, Virgile Gnanguenon, Kèfilath Badirou, Ramziath Agbanrin-Youssouf, Roseline Attolou, Gil Germain Padonou, Arthur Sovi, Razaki Ossè, Martin Akogbéto   +12 more
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Toxoplasma gondii infections in pigs from south Benin and assessment of breeders’ knowledge about toxoplasmosis [PDF]

Bulgarian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2020
Toxoplasma gondii is a ubiquitous apicomplexan parasite that causes toxoplasmosis, a cosmopolitan zoonosis responsible for abortion and congenital malformation in animals and humans. Pigs can be a reservoir for T. gondii and act as one of the sources for
A. B. Tonouhewa, Y. Akpo, P. Sessou, C. Salanon, G. L. Aplogan, M. N. Assogba, I. A. K. Youssao, S. Farougou   +7 more
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Microstructural, physicochemical, thermal, and rheological properties of starches from commonly consumed yam varieties in West Africa

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract BACKGROUND This study assessed the starch content of ten yam varieties commonly consumed in West Africa to clarify their structural, thermal, physicochemical, and rheological properties and to support their potential food and industrial applications.
Patrick Olusanmi Adebola, Paterne Agre, Asrat Asfaw, Amani Michel Kouakou, Alexandre Dansi, Jude Obidiegwu, Emmanuel Chamba, Nkosingiphile L. Nzama, Toluwase A. Dada, Eric Oscar Amonsou   +9 more
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Agriculture urbaine et valorisation des déchets au Bénin : une approche de développement durable

VertigO, 2010
Urban agriculture (UA) is often practiced for nutritional and socioeconomic backgrounds. In Cotonou, the overexploitation of ground gardening has led to the impoverishment of the latter is composed of loose sand, permeable and poor in organic matter ...
Hygin Faust Kakai, Alban Gilles Kakai, Armelle Grey Tohouegnon   +2 more
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Controlling banana bunchy top disease in Benin: Crop protection strategies with socio‐economic perspectives

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Banana and plantain are vital for food security and income in West Africa, yet banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) threatens production. This study combined remote sensing, field surveys, modelling and socio‐economic analysis to assess BBTV spread and control strategies in Benin.
Renata Retkute, Martine Zandjanakou‐Tachin, Bonaventure Aman Omondi, Ulrich Roland Agoi, Yaovi Marc Vodounou, Hermine Akofodji, Evrard Akpla, Laurence Dossou, Emiline Médénou, Alban Etchiha, Alphonse Attadéou, P. Lava Kumar, John E. Thomas, Christopher A. Gilligan   +13 more
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