Publications (1288)
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Hospital-based Sentinel Surveillance of Haemophilus influenzae Type b among Children in Burkina Faso, 2004-2012: Impact of Vaccine Introduction
Idrissa Sanou, Isidore Juste O Bonkoungou, Isabelle Bicaba, Ali Ouedraogo, Fabienne Soudre, Sylvain Zeba, Isaïe Medah, Ludovic Kam and Lassana Sangare.
Background: Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) is a leading cause of childhood bacterial meningitis in Africa. This study assessed the impact of Hib conjugate vaccine introduced in 2006 into the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) in Burkina Faso.
Methods: From 2004-2012, we conducted hospital-based surveillance for invasive Hib disease a(...)
Bacterial meningitis, Haemophilus influenzae b, Vaccine, Burkina Faso
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In vitro Antioxidant, Lipoxygenase and Xanthine Oxidase inhibitory activity of fractions and macerate from Pandiaka angustifolia (vahl) Hepper
A.M.E. Thiombiano, Hilou Adama, Bangou Mindiédiba Jean, Bagora Bayala ,Ouattara Nabèrè, Guenné Samson, Meda Nâg-Tiero Roland, Compaoré Moussa, Kiendrébeogo Martin, Millogo F. Jeanne and Nacoulma O. Germaine
Pandiaka angustifolia (Vahl) Hepper, a species belonging to Amaranthaceae's family is used in traditional medicine of Burkina Faso for the treatment of several diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the phenolics and flavonoids content, the antioxidant capacity, the lipoxygenase and xanthine oxidase inhibition potentials of Pandiaka a(...)
Pandiak angustifolia, antioxidant activity, LOX, XO
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Potential medicinal plants used by traditional healers in western areas of Burkina Faso.
ZERBO Patrice, COMPAORE Moussa, MEDA N.T.Roland, LAMIEN-MEDA Aline, KIENDREBEOGO Martin
Since prehistoric times, plants have been used as source of remedies for the treatment of diseases. People of each continent have their own practices about medicinal plants. Despite the large scale environmental degradation and recurrent drought, medicinal plants are still playing significant role in the management of various human diseases in(...)
Ethnobtanical, Vegetal biodiversity Body disorders, Western areas, Burkina Faso
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Variation de caractères agromorphologiques et du Brix d’une collection de sorghos à tige sucrée du Burkina Faso
Baloua NEBIE, Romaric Kiswendsida NANEMA, Pauline BATIONO/KANDO, Ernest Renan TRAORE, Vanesse LABEYRIE, Nerbéwendé SAWADOGO, Mahamadou SAWADOGO, Jean-Didier ZONGO
Le sorgho à tige sucrée est de nos jours une plante d’intérêt utilisée pour la production de biocarburant. Au Burkina Faso, les ressources génétiques de ce sorgho ne sont pas connues, encore moins exploitées. Pour comprendre les relations entre la concentration en sucre des tiges et les caractères agromorphologiques de cette plante, 117 access(...)
accession, diversité agromorphologique, zone climatique, race
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Étiologies des infections vaginales à Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso).
Sanou I., Millogo-Traore F., Bicaba I., Toure B., Soudre F.
Objectif : étudier l’activité´ des antimicrobiens représentés dans l’algorithme national de traitement des infections vaginales. Méthodologie : des prélèvements vaginaux réalisés pendant trois mois dans cinq formations sanitaires de la ville de Ouagadougou, chez des patientes se plaignant d’infection vaginale, ont été analysés dans le laborato(...)
infection vaginale, vaginose, levures, Burkina Faso, bactéries
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PHYTOCONSTITUENTS ANALYSIS, ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY AND ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF EXTRACTS FROM LAGGERA AURITA L. (ASTERACEAE)
DIBALA Crépin I., Kiessoun Konaté, Mamounata Diao, Maurice Ouédraogo and Mamoudou H. DICKO
Objective: This research was designed to evaluate the polyphenolic content, antibacterial potency and antioxidant activity of extract and fractions from Laggera aurita L. (Asteraceae), a medicinal herbaceous from Burkina Faso. Methods: Folin ciocalteu and AlCl3 methods respectively were used for polyphenol contents. The antioxidant activities(...)
Laggera aurita L., Bioactive fractions, Polyphenol compounds
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Diversité et structure des cordons ripicoles le long de la sirba (Nord-Est du Burkina Faso)
Elice KABORE *, Oumarou SAMBARE, Amadé OUEDRAOGO et Adjima THIOMBIANO
es Cordons ripicoles sont des végétations bordant les rivières à écoulement temporaire et qui possèdent des sols riches et une grande capacité en bois. Ces ressources sont anarchiquement utilisées par l’homme créant ainsi la fragmentation des berges. Cette étude s’inscrit dans le cadre d’une évaluation de la diversité et de la structure des co(...)
Etat, Phytodiversité, cours d’eau temporaire, écoulement, dégradation des berges
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Screening of Hepatitis G and Epstein-Barr Viruses Among Voluntary non Remunerated Blood Donors (VNRBD) in Burkina Faso, West Africa
Issoufou Tao, Cyrille Bisseye, Bolni Marius Nagalo, Mahamoudou Sanou, Alice Kiba, Guzin Surat, Tegwindé Rebeca Compaoré, Lassina Traoré, Jean Baptiste Nikiema, Virginio Pietra, Jean-Didier Zongo, Jacques Simpore
Abstract. In most sub-Saharan countries screening of blood-transmitted infections includes mainly HIV, HBV, HCV and syphilis. Many viruses such as Hepatitis G (HGV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) which also carry a risk of transmission by blood transfusion raise the question of the extent of screening for these pathogens. This work aims to evalu(...)
Mots clés non renseignés
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Potential medicinal plants used by traditional healers in western areas of Burkina Faso
ZERBO P., COMPAORE M., MEDA N.T. R., LAMIEN-MEDA A. and KIENDREBEOGO M
Since prehistoric times, plants have been used as source of remedies for the treatment of diseases. People of each continent have their own practices about medicinal plants. Despite the large scale environmental degradation and recurrent drought, medicinal plants are still playing significant role in the management of various human diseases in(...)
Medicinal plant, malaria
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Phytopharmacological assessment from Two Medicinal Plants Used for Analgesic and Anti-inflammatory Purposes in Burkina Faso.
Ouédraogo M., Konaté K., Zerbo P., Barro N.,Sawadogo L.L.
Cet article de 07 pages, 08 tableaux et 34 références, visait à élucider les propriétés anti-nociceptives et anti-inflammatoires des extraits aqueux d'acétone de Cienfuegosia digitata Cav. et Sida alba L. chez la souris Swiss. Des investigations ethnobotaniques réalisées au Burkina Faso ont montré que ces deux Malvaceae sont utilisées traditio(...)
Analgésique, Cienfuegosia digitata Cav., Inflammation, Souris, Sida Alba L.
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Geographical patterns of woody plants’ functional traits in Burkina Faso
Marco Schmidt, Salifou Traoré, Amadé Ouédraogo, Elisée Mbayngone, Oumarou Ouédraogo, Alexander Zizka, Ivana Kirchmair, Elice Kaboré, Elisé Tindano, Adjima Thiombiano, Karen Hahn & Georg Zizka
The West African vegetation zones from the Sahara desert to the Guinean rainforests are shaped by a steep latitudinal precipitation gradient. Their taxonomical and functional composition changes considerably along this gradient. Based on comprehensive distribution data from herbariun collections and relevés this paper presents modelled distrib(...)
Burkina Faso – Ecological gradients – Plant functional traits – Savanna – Species distribution models – Trees
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Insecticide resistance in Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) and Anopheles gambiae Giles (Diptera: Culicidae) could compromise the sustainability of malaria vector control strategies in West Africa
Olivier Gnankiné , Imael H.N. Bassolé , Fabrice Chandre , Isabelle Glitho , Martin Akogbeto , Roch K. Dabiré , Thibaud Martin
Insecticides from the organophosphate (OP) and pyrethroid (PY) chemical families, have respectively, been in use for 50 and 30 years in West Africa, mainly against agricultural pests, but also against vectors of human disease. The selection pressure, with practically the same molecules year after year (mainly cotton), has caused insecticide re(...)
West Africa Insecticide resistance Bioassays Bemisia tabaci Anopheles gambiae Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
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Anti-nociceptive properties in rodents and the possibility of using polyphenol-rich fractions from Sida urens L. (Malvaceae) against of dental caries bacteria
Konaté K., Zerbo P., Ouédraogo M., Dibala I.C., Hilou A., Oksana S., Brestic M., Barro N.
Sida urens L. (Malvaceae) is in flora of Asian medicinal herbs and used traditionally in West of Burkina Faso for the treatment of infectious diseases and particularly used against, dental caries bacteria, fever, pain and possesses analgesic properties. This study was conducted to reveal the antibacterial effect against dental caries bacteria(...)
Sida urens L, Antibactérien, Toxicité, Analgésique
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Endémie bilharzienne à Schistosoma mansoni à la vallée du Kou: caractérisation du système de transmission et impact socioéconomique
Noëllie W Kpoda, Herman Sorgho, Jean-Noël Poda, Jean Bosco Ouédraogo, Gustave B Kabré
Les schistosomiases sont sans doute l’une des maladies hydriques à qui profitent le plus les modifications environnementales et comportementales induites par la mobilisation des ressources en eau superficielle dans les pays sahéliens, comme le Burkina Faso. Des études ont établi l’existence des schistosomiases humaines à la vallée du Kou, l’un(...)
Irrigation, Schistosomiases
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Antibacterial and phytochemical studies of three Acanthaceae species used in Burkina Faso traditional medicine
Ouattara Nabèrè, Hilou Adama, Guenné Samson, Konaté Kiessoum, Zerbo Patrice, Meda Nâg-Tiero Roland, Compaoré Moussa, Kiendrébeogo Martin, Millogo F. Jeanne and Nacoulma O. Germaine
New and innovative antibacterial drugs research from plants is a best strategy to overcome the world problem about bacterial diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the in-vitro antibacterial activity and the phytochemical profile of various extracts from Hygrophila auriculata (Schumach.) Heine, Nelsonia canescens (Lam) Spreng and Peri(...)
Hygrophila auriculata, Nelson canescens, Peristrophe Bicalculata, phytochemical, antibacterial