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1,998 casesFrom July 2021 to July 2022, 1998 severe cases were enrolled among children aged under 5 years attending IMCI consultations integrating pulse oximetry use at 16 research primary health centres in Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali and Niger.

Burkina Faso · Guinée · Mali · Nigersevere illnessobserved July 2021 to July 2022HAL · Unilimdocument of 229 observations

1.7 %Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prevalence among febrile children with acute respiratory tract infection was 1.7% in Burkina Faso between 2014 and 2017.

Burkina Fasorespiratory syncytial virus (RSV)observed 2014 and 2017published 2021Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IHeurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

69 %The attributable fraction of fever to malaria was 69% in the rainy season in Burkina Faso.

Burkina Fasopaludismeobserved rainy seasonpublished 2010Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 20 observationsDOI 10.1186/1475-2875-9-192

87.7 %In sector 6 of Koudougou, the percentage of simple malaria cases among people over 5 years of age was 87.7% in 2023.

Burkina Fasopaludismeobserved 2023HAL · Unilimdocument of 110 observations

1.4 %The case-fatality rate of SARS-CoV-2 among patients aged 44–59 in Burkina Faso was 1.4% as of 21 June 2020.

Burkina FasoCOVID-19observed 21 June 2020HAL · Unilimdocument of 97 observations

58.4 %Artesunate-amodiaquine had an unadjusted adequate clinical and parasitological response of 58.4% at day 28.

Burkina Fasopaludismepublished 2014Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IHeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.1111/tmi.12274

44 %En Burkina Faso, la prévalence de l'infection à Plasmodium falciparum était de 44 % (957 sur 2179 frottis sanguins) dans le groupe LLIN plus BCC pendant la période post-intervention.

Burkina FasopaludismeHAL · Unilimdocument of 85 observations

0.48 ratioMLR was significantly higher in malaria-infected women (0.48 vs 0.40; p=0.021).

Burkina Fasopaludismepublished 2026Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

51 %The positive predictive value for headache was 51% among pregnant women with suspected clinical malaria.

Burkina Fasopaludismepublished 2013Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 9 observations

86.7 %The negative predictive value (NPV) of CRP at ≥20 mg/L for detection of bacteremia in patients aged ≥ 5 years was 86.7%.

Burkina Fasobacteraemiapublished 2021PLoS neglected tropical diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 11 observations

72.7 %The sensitivity of PCT at 0.5 ng/ml for detection of bacteremia in patients aged ≥ 5 years was 72.7%.

Burkina Fasobacteraemiapublished 2021PLoS neglected tropical diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 11 observations

88.9 %For primigravidae, a prediction model using IL-10 and sTNF-RII had a sensitivity of 88.9% and specificity of 83.3% for diagnosing malaria during pregnancy.

Burkina Fasopaludismepublished 2017Biomarker researcheurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

0.016 p-valueA positive rapid diagnostic test for Plasmodium falciparum was associated with an increased risk of violating the 3.8% safety guideline in the worst case scenario (p = 0.016).

Burkina Fasopaludismepublished 2016Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

1.65 %EBV-2 infection prevalence was 1.65% in HIV-positive patients with CD4 T cell count ≥ 500 cells/μL in Burkina Faso.

Burkina FasoEBV-2published 2017Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 9 observations

All tested Plasmodium falciparum isolates were susceptible to quinine.

Burkina Fasopaludismeobserved 2003published 2006Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

4.1 %The proportion of mosquitoes carrying sporozoites was 4.1% in protected villages compared with 11.5% in unprotected villages.

Burkina Fasopaludismepublished 1999Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 2 observations

3.56 incidence_rate_ratioOccurrence of first malaria infection during the first or second trimester was associated with a higher risk of low birth weight: incidence rate ratios of 3.56.

Burkina Fasopaludismeobserved between March 2006 and July 2008published 2012Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1186/1475-2875-11-71

58.8 %The most common HIV-1 circulating recombinant forms and subtypes in Burkina Faso were CRF06_CPX (58.8%), CRF02_AG (35.3%), and subtype G (5.9%).

Burkina FasoVIH/sidapublished 2015Global health actioneurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

10 %The remaining 10% of the anti-CSP IgG was directed against non-repeat sequences at D70 in Burkinabé adults vaccinated with ProC6C-AlOH/Matrix-M.

Burkina Fasopaludismeobserved D70HAL · Unilimdocument of 39 observations

1.5 %Among 2,200 blood donors, the prevalence of viral RNA was 1.5%.

Burkina Fasohépatite Cpublished 2014Blood transfusion = Trasfusione del sangueeurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

28 %The prevalence of placental malaria was 28.0% among 2646 pregnant women with malaria in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi, and Zambia.

Burkina Faso · Ghana · Malawi · Zambiepaludismepublished 2019Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

50.3 %In the per-protocol group of 4577 RTS,S/AS01-vaccinated participants and 2335 control-vaccinated participants who were 5 to 17 months of age, the 1-year cumulative vaccine efficacy was 50.3% against clinical malaria in which parasites matched the vaccine in the entire circumsporozoite protein C-terminal.

Burkina Fasopaludismepublished 2015The New England journal of medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 5 observationsDOI 10.1056/nejmoa1505819

16 %In children who received RTS,S/AS01E vaccine in Burkina Faso and Mali, 16% showed a 10-fold increase in anti-CSP IgG antibody titres post-2019 as measured by Oxford MSD assay.

Burkina Faso · Malipaludismeobserved post-2019HAL · Unilimdocument of 105 observations

60 %More than 60% of mosquitoes found on top or inside the nets had had blood meals from cattle.

Burkina Fasopaludismepublished 2006Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

0.75 %HBV/A3 QS sequences showed a low intra-group genetic diversity of 0.75%.

Burkina FasoHBV/A3 QSpublished 2016Journal of medical virologyeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations