Publications (513)
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Groundwater Geochemistry and Its Human Health Implications within the Lower Mouhoun River Sub-basin, Burkina Faso, West Africa
Drissa Ido, Aboubakar Sako, Kadidiatou Coulibaly and Youssouf Koussoubé
Groundwater is the primary source of drinking water in arid and semi-arid regions, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. This study aimed to assess groundwater’s contribution to the daily intake of macronutrients (Ca, Mg, Na, and K) and to evaluate health risks associated with nitrate (NO₃⁻) and arsenic (As) contamination in the Lower Mouhoun Rive(...)
Groundwater geochemistry; nitrate contamination; arsenic; drinking-water quality; macronutrient intake; human health risk assessment; spatial interpolation; aquifer recharge.
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Proof-of-concept study for a long-acting formulation of ivermectin injected in cattle as a complementary malaria vector control tool
Pooda SH, Moiroux N, Porciani A, Courjaud A-L, Roberge C, Gaudriault G, Sidibé I, Belem AMG, Rayaissé J-B, Dabiré KR, Mouline K
Domesticated animals play a role in maintaining residual transmission of Plasmodium parasites of humans, by offering alternative blood meal sources for malaria vectors to survive on. However, the blood of animals treated with veterinary formulations of the anti‐helminthic drug ivermectin can have an insecticidal effect on adult malaria vector(...)
Anopheles, Malaria, Residual transmission, Ivermectin, Long‐acting formulation, Cattle, One health, Burkina Faso
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Physicochemical characterization and Codexcompliance of artisanal shea butter sold in Gaoua, Burkina Faso
Evariste BAKO, Namwin Siourimè SOMDA, Sami Emmanuel DOLI, Metuor Amana DABIRE
Shea butter (Vitellaria paradoxa) is an edible fat and income source for rural communities in BurkinaFaso, yet data on artisanal market quality remain scarce. This study assessed the physicochemicalquality of shea butter sold at Gaoua’s main market and its compliance with Codex Alimentarius CXS325R-2017. Twenty-three samples were collected by(...)
Shea butter, Vitellaria paradoxa, physicochemical quality, free fatty acids, peroxide value, Codex Alimentarius, market surveillance, Burkina Faso
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Violence against men in intimate partnerships in Dédougou, Burkina Faso: reported experiences, forms, and the culture of silence
Yacouba Tengueri
Domestic violence research has largely focused on women as victims, leaving male victimisation under-recognised. This study examines the prevalence, forms, and consequences of domestic violence against men in Dédougou, Burkina Faso.
A mixed-methods design combined a KoboToolbox survey of 598 men with a current or past intimate relationship(...)
Burkina Faso, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, male victimisation, masculinity
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De la pragmatique de la violence langagière à la violence de la langue dans Allah n’est pas obligé d’Ahmadou Kourouma
DAÏLA Béli Mathieu, SOUGUE Oboussa et NANEMA Michel
Cet article étudie, dans Allah n’est pas obligé d’Ahmadou Kourouma, la manière dont les choix lexicaux,
les actes de langage et l’hybridité franco-malinké construisent et banalisent la violence. Cet article
analyse les manifestations discursives de la violence dans Allah n’est pas obligé d’Ahmadou Kourouma,
en mobilisant la Pragmatique crit(...)
Discours, violence, linguistique, sémiotique, roman
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Microbiological quality of bread and identification of critical contamination points along the production chain in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Nafissatou Ouédraogo, Serge Samandoulougou, Hadiza Bawa Ibrahim, Judith Pascaline Koalaga, Soutongnooma Caroline Bouda, René Dembélé and Nicolas Barro
Background
Bread is one of the most widely consumed staple foods in Burkina Faso and is generally considered a safe product due to the high temperatures applied during baking. However, inadequate hygiene practices during production and commercialization may lead to post-processing contamination. This study aimed to evaluate the microbiologica(...)
Bread, Salmonella spp., Staphylococcus spp., Prerequisite programs, Burkina Faso
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Effects of climate zone and land use on fruit biomass, morphology, and size-dependent fruiting of Diospyros mespiliformis in West Africa
Korotimi Ouédraogo · Kangbéni Dimobe ·Adjima Thiombiano
Wild fruit trees contribute substantially to food security, rural livelihoods, and climate adaptation across sub-Saharan Africa, yet most remain undomesticated and their fruit production is poorly quantified. Diospyros mespiliformis Hochst ex A.DC. is a key wild fruit tree in West African savannas, but quantitative information on its fruit bio(...)
Ebenaceae · Non-timber forestproducts · Agroforestry parklands · Fruit yield ·Domestication · Savanna ecosystems
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Prevalence and molecular characterization of ESBL-producing Enterobacterales in clinical samples from the Boucle du Mouhoun region in Burkina Faso.
Hiliassa Coulibaly , Dissinviel Stéphane Kpoda, Hervé Kafando, Oumar Traoré, Alix Bénédicte Kagambega, Alassane Halawen Mohamed, Robin Fréderic, Racha Beyrouthy, Dramane Ouédraogo, Oumarou Soro, Dominique Bayala, Nicolas Barro, Richard Bonnet and René Dembélé
Background Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae represent a major clinical and public health concern due to their ability to confer resistance to multiple classes of antibiotics. Data on the molecular epidemiology of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae remain limited(...)
Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Antimicrobial resistance, ESBL-producing, Burkina Faso
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Qualité physico-chimique des eaux préemballées de la ville de Ouagadougou au Burkina Faso
Dissinviel Stéphane KPODA1,2*, Assiètta OUATTARA2, Oumar TRAORE3, Bernard OUEDRAOGO4, Stanislas Dimitri MEDA4, Toussaint ZONGO4, Adama Patrice SOUBEIGA4, Aïssata DIALLO1, Elie KABRE4, Sidiki Aboubakar OUATTARA2
Introduction : L’accès à une eau potable de qualité représente un défi majeur pour les villes africaines en raison d’une croissance démographique rapide. Cette étude visait à évaluer la conformité des eaux préemballées de Ouagadougou aux normes de qualité en vigueur au Burkina Faso.
Méthodes : Une étude transversale a été menée au sein de l’A(...)
Physico-chimie, Eau préemballée, Conformité, Norme, Qualité
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Coexistence of ctx-m, ges and imp genes in gramnegative bacilli and their multi resistance to betalactams at Saint Camille Hospital in Ouagadougou (HOSCO)
Pêgdwendé Rose Bonkoungou, Amana Mètuor Dabiré, Oumar Traoré, Rahimatou Yasmine Wendkuni Tiemtoré, Théodora Mahoukèdè Zohoncon andJacques Simporé
Extended-spectrum ß-lactamases (ESBLs) are bacterial plasmid or chromosomal enzymes capable of inactivating Penicillins, Cephalosporins, Aztreonam and inactive on Carbapenems. They are encoded by the beta-lactamase genes (bla genes) of the IMP family (Imipenemase), GES (Guyana Extended Spectrum), CTX-M (Cefotaximase – Munich). Bacterial resist(...)
BGN, ESBL, blaIMP, blaGES, blaCTX-M, HOSCO.
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Traditional Uses and Big Data Approaches: A Semi-Systematic Review on the Refoundation of Tropical Ethnopharmacology and Pharmacognosy under WHO Frameworks.
Nabèrè Ouattara1*, Samson Guenne2, Alphonsine Ramdé-Tiendrébéogo3, Nâg-Tiéro Roland Meda4
Background: Ethnopharmacology plays a central role in the discovery and
validation of medicinal plants and their molecular compounds, particularly in
tropical regions where biodiversity and traditional knowledge are highly concentrated.
Aim: This semi-systematic review aims to examine how ethnopharmacology
and pharmacognosy are being resha(...)
Ethnopharmacology, Medicinal Plants, Traditional Knowledge, Pharmacognosy, WHO, Big Data
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When Insecurity Shatters Women's Economic Activity: Women's Petty Trade in Dédougou under the Strain of Terrorism (Burkina Faso)
Tengueri Yacouba
This study analyzes the impact of the security crisis linked to terrorism on women's small businesses in Dédougou, a town in the Boucle du Mouhoun region (Burkina Faso), which has become a centre for internally displaced people. A mixed approach combining a questionnaire administered to 130 traders and 40 semi-structured interviews with variou(...)
Petty trade, women, terrorism, inflation, Burkina Faso
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Qualifying Users, Ranking Rights: Water-Access Conflicts in the Bama Plain, Burkina Faso
Yamba Siri, Souleymane Karambiri, Yacouba Tengueri
Introduction: This article examines how the institutional arrangements governing the Bama irrigated plain (Burkina Faso), against a backdrop of climate variability, produce differentiated categories of water users, rank their access rights, and fuel conflicts of legitimacy. Methods: The study draws on a qualitative, socio-anthropological resea(...)
Climate variability, Water governance, Conflicts of legitimacy, Social qualification, Burkina Faso
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La masculinisation d'un métier a tradition féminine à Dédougou : les Thérapeutes de couple, entre causes, pratiques et perceptions sociales
Yacouba Tengueri, Huguette Douô Tyenou, Ami Kanazoe, Bêbê Kambou
Résumé : Cet article a pour objectif de comprendre les causes, les pratiques et les perceptions sociales de la prostitution masculine dans la ville de Dédougou. Pour saisir ce phénomène social, nous avons adopté une approche purement qualitative. Des entretiens semi-directifs ont été conduits auprès de 74 informateurs (travailleurs et travaill(...)
prostitution masculine, désir féminin, travail du sexe, thérapeutes de couple, Burkina Faso
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Serotyping and antimicrobial drug resistance of Salmonella isolated from lettuce and human diarrhea samples in Burkina Faso
Somda Namwin Siourimè , Bonkoungou O J Isidore, Traoré Oumar, Bassolé Ismael Henri Nestor, Traoré Yves, Barro Nicolas and Savadogo Aly
Background: In Burkina Faso dirty water in particular those of the stoppings and the gutter ones are used for
vegetables irrigation in the gardens. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility
of Salmonella serotypes from humans and lettuce samples in Burkina Faso.
Materials and Methods: Salmonella str(...)
Salmonella serotypes, antimicrobial susceptibility, lettuce, human