Josephine Samaka
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Recent Articles
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Hogendoorn S, Lhopitallier L, Richard-Greenblatt M, Tenisch E, Mbarack Z, Samaka J, et al.
BMC Infect Dis
. 2022 Jan;
22(1):39.
PMID: 34991507
Background: Inappropriate antibiotics use in lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) is a major contributor to resistance. We aimed to design an algorithm based on clinical signs and host biomarkers to...
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Cordey S, Laubscher F, Hartley M, Junier T, Keitel K, Docquier M, et al.
Emerg Microbes Infect
. 2021 Apr;
10(1):982-993.
PMID: 33929935
Viral infections are the leading cause of childhood acute febrile illnesses motivating consultation in sub-Saharan Africa. The majority of causal viruses are never identified in low-resource clinical settings as such...
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Hartley M, Hofmann N, Keitel K, Kagoro F, Moniz C, Mlaganile T, et al.
PLoS Med
. 2020 Sep;
17(9):e1003318.
PMID: 32956354
Background: Low-density (LD) Plasmodium infections are missed by standard malaria rapid diagnostic tests (standard mRDT) when the blood antigen concentration is below the detection threshold. The clinical impact of these...
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Tan R, Kagoro F, Levine G, Masimba J, Samaka J, Sangu W, et al.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
. 2019 Dec;
102(2):427-435.
PMID: 31802732
Children with malnutrition compared with those without are at higher risk of infection, with more severe outcomes. How clinicians assess nutritional risk factors in febrile children in primary care varies....
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Laubscher F, Cordey S, Hartley M, Vieille G, Boillat-Blanco N, Samaka J, et al.
Microbiol Resour Announc
. 2019 Aug;
8(35).
PMID: 31467101
Here, we report a novel phlebovirus-like virus sequence detected in a plasma sample from a febrile adult patient collected in the United Republic of Tanzania in 2014. A nearly complete...
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Richard-Greenblatt M, Boillat-Blanco N, Zhong K, Mbarack Z, Samaka J, Mlaganile T, et al.
Clin Infect Dis
. 2019 May;
70(7):1304-1312.
PMID: 31102510
Background: The inability to identify individuals with acute fever at risk of death is a barrier to effective triage and management of severe infections, especially in low-resource settings. Since endothelial...
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Cordey S, Laubscher F, Hartley M, Junier T, Perez-Rodriguez F, Keitel K, et al.
Emerg Microbes Infect
. 2019 Apr;
8(1):613-623.
PMID: 30999808
Fever is the leading cause of paediatric outpatient consultations in Sub-Saharan Africa. Although most are suspected to be of viral origin, a putative causative pathogen is not identified in over...
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Keitel K, Samaka J, Masimba J, Temba H, Said Z, Kagoro F, et al.
Clin Infect Dis
. 2019 Feb;
69(11):1926-1934.
PMID: 30715250
Background: The safety and efficacy of using C-reactive protein (CRP) to decide on antibiotic prescription among febrile children at risk of pneumonia has not been tested. Methods: This was a...
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Boillat-Blanco N, Klaassen B, Mbarack Z, Samaka J, Mlaganile T, Masimba J, et al.
BMC Infect Dis
. 2018 Dec;
18(1):644.
PMID: 30541456
Background: Although the incidence of dengue across Africa is high, severe dengue is reported infrequently. We describe the clinical features and the outcome of dengue according to raceduring an outbreak...
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Hofmann N, Moniz C, Holzschuh A, Keitel K, Boillat-Blanco N, Kagoro F, et al.
J Infect Dis
. 2018 Nov;
219(9):1490-1498.
PMID: 30476111
Background: A novel ultrasensitive malaria rapid diagnostic test (us-RDT) has been developed for improved active Plasmodium falciparum infection detection. The usefulness of this us-RDT in clinical diagnosis and fever management...