Disability among attendees with schizophrenia in a Nigerian hospital: further evidence for integrated rehabilitative treatment designs by Andrew Toyin Olagunju, Dapo Adebowale Adegbaju, Richard Uwakwe

“…Evidence-based rehabilitative treatment is constrained due to limited knowledge about disability and its related factors among individuals with schizophrenia across West Africa. This study aims to investigate the pattern of disability, and the associated factors among individuals with schizophrenia. …”
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Invasive Salmonella Typhimurium ST313 with naturally attenuated flagellin elicits reduced inflammation and replicates within macrophages. by Girish Ramachandran, Darren J Perkins, Patrick J Schmidlein, Mohan E Tulapurkar, Sharon M Tennant

“…Typhimurium ST313 isolates from Mali, West Africa, will behave differently from ST19 isolates in various in vitro assays. …”
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Analysis of the factors that influences pastoral resources dynamic in the Zou waterdhed at dome Outlet (Benin) by Adetona Luc, Agoinon Norbert, Hounton Charles, Orou Kpera Bio, Ouorou Barre Fousseni Imorou, Vodounou Jean Bosco Kpatindé, Gnele José Edgard

“…Livestock the main economic sector in West Africa is threatened in the Zou Watershed at the Domé outlet (BVZD) by climatic changes, land degradation and agricultural's growing pressure expansion due to demographic growth. …”
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Zika, a Mosquito-Transmitted Virus by L. Phil Lounibos, Barry W. Alto, Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena, Cynthia C. Lord, Chelsea T. Smartt, C. Roxanne Rutledge Connelly, Jorge R. Rey

“…In its native range in West Africa and Uganda, the Zika virus stays in the forest for the most part, and human infections are considered incidental and medically inconsequential. …”
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The Effect of Delay Techniques on a Lassa Fever Epidemic Model by Ali Raza, Eugenio Rocha, Emad Fadhal, Rashid I. H. Ibrahim, Eman Afkar, Muhammad Bilal

“…According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone, Togo, Nigeria, and West Africa are the most affected countries with Lassa fever. …”
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Economic impacts and management of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) in smallholder agriculture: a panel data analysis for Ghana by Justice A. Tambo, Monica K. Kansiime, Idah Mugambi, Lakpo Koku Agboyi, Patrick K. Beseh, Roger Day

“…Abstract Background Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda; FAW), a native pest of the Americas, invaded West Africa about 7 years ago and spread rapidly across the rest of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and several countries in Asia and Oceania. …”
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Analysis of Amino Acid Changes in the Fusion Protein of Virulent Newcastle Disease Virus from Vaccinated Poultry in Nigerian Isolates by Olubukola O. Funsho-Sanni, Elijah E. Ella, Lawal D. Rogo, Olufunsho S. Sanni, Helen I. Inabo, Sodangi A. Luka, Ismaila Shittu

“…The roles of fusion gene in the virulence of Newcastle disease virus are well established, but the extent of its variation among the XIV, XVII, and XVIII genotypes reported in Central Africa and West Africa has until recently been understudied. In this study, virulent Newcastle disease virus (vNDV) was isolated from dead chickens among vaccinated flocks between March and April 2020. …”
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Microbial Safety of Sachet Water in Ghana: A Systematic Review by Wisdom K Ahiabor, Eric S Donkor

“…Introduction: Access to safe drinking water is crucial for health and survival, yet many developing countries face significant challenges in this regard. In West Africa, rapid urbanisation has outpaced efforts to improve access to potable water, compelling households to rely on private vendors for solutions, particularly through the growing market for sachet water. …”
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Du nomadisme à la sédentarisation by Aimé Landry Dongmo, Patrice Djamen, Éric Vall, Koussou Mian-Oudanang, Doubangolo Coulibaly, Jean Lossouarn

“…This paper presents a comparative analysis of the pastoral systems of West Africa where pastoralism and its transformation process are older, and those of Central Africa where these processes are emerging in a context characterised by the lack of livestock support services and the general insecurity of well-being. …”
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Household food insecurity, living conditions, and individual sense of security: A cross-sectional survey among Burkina Faso refugees in Ghana. by Abdul-Wahab Inusah, Ken Brackstone, Tahiru Issahaku Ahmed, David Tetteh Nartey, Jessica L Boxall, Ashley I Heinson, Michael Head, Shamsu-Deen Ziblim

“…Food insecurity and achieving adequate nutrition is a major global challenge, especially in vulnerable groups such as refugee communities. In West Africa, thousands of Burkina Faso refugees have crossed the border into northern Ghana due to conflict and instability in their home country. …”
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Akin Ogundiran: The Historian and Archaeologist of Yoruba-Atlantic becomes Chancellor Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte by Toyin Falola

“…In my book, The African Diaspora: Slavery, Modernity and Globalization, I devoted Chapter 10 to his oeuvre, stating in one of the key paragraphs that: 268 Toyin Falola In connecting West Africa to the Atlantic economy, Ogundiran is pointing to what could be characterized as the metabolic rift between supply and demand; African economies were on the supply side of the global division of labor that compelled them to produce for the Atlantic economy and, at the same time, to consume products from external sources. …”
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Cervical Cancer Screening Program by Visual Inspection: Acceptability and Feasibility in Health Insurance Companies by Apollinaire G. Horo, Judith Didi-Kouko Coulibaly, Abdoul Koffi, Boris Tchounga, Konan Seni, Kacou Edèle Aka, Mamourou Kone

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Challenges in Diagnosis and Management of SLE in Africa: An Online Survey by Farhanah Paruk, Dzifa Dey, Anisa Mosam, Oluwaytoyin Amira Christina, Mohammed Tikly

“…Median turnaround time for the ANA test was within two weeks but more than four weeks for 5.6% of respondents, and longer in West Africa compared with other regions (P = 0.0002). …”
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Case report: Kinetics of viral load, immunoglobulins, and cytokines in a fatal case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus by Moufid Mhamadi, Moufid Mhamadi, Ousseynou Sene, Arfang Diamanka, Moundhir Mhamadi, Marie Pedapa Mendy, Andy Mahine Diouf, Mignane Ndiaye, Mamadou Aliou Barry, Samba Niang Sagne, Mahfouz Cissé Traoré, Amadou Alpha Sall, Gamou Fall, Ndongo Dia, Oumar Faye

“…A fatal case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) was detected in Dakar, Senegal, West Africa, in April 2023. To elucidate the mechanisms involved in this outcome, the kinetics of viral load, immunoglobulins, and cytokines were assessed using RT-qPCR and ELISA. …”
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Detection, attribution and projection of changes in the extreme temperature range in the Northern Hemisphere by Xiao-Fan Feng, Cheng Qian

“…In contrast, the ETR was projected to increase significantly in the Mediterranean and adjacent regions under the SSP5-8.5 scenario, and in Central Europe, West Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, and parts of China under the SSP1-1.9 scenario. …”
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Experimental Estimation of the Heat Transfer Coefficient of an Unglazed Solar Plate for Unsteady Humid Outdoor Condition by Felix Uba, Eric Osei Essandoh, Gilbert Ayine Akolgo, Richard Opoku, Lawrence Oppong-Kyereh, Eric Anokye Gyimah

“…The novelty of this work is the use of such a study to generate empirical equations for Ghana and to produce representative equations for determining the heat transfer coefficient for solar plate collectors in unsteady humid outdoor conditions in West Africa. This work is expected to contribute data alongside similar works done for different areas to help propose empirical equations for estimating global and not site-specific heat transfer coefficients.…”
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Digital health for early psychosis in Ghana: patient and caregiver needs and preferences by Anna Larsen, Joel Agorinya, Alexa Beaulieu, Emmanuel Quame Sottie, Benjamin Buck, Kwadwo Obeng, Bill Kyeremeh, Fredrick Kwame Dogbe, Muhammed Izudeen Iddrisu, Phil Emil Okwei Dowuona, Olivia Oteba Abbey Tetteh, Omari Boakye Emmanuel, Angela Ofori-Atta, Dror Ben-Zeev

“…Abstract In West Africa, the long-term consequences of poor early psychosis recovery include poverty, neglect, and community ostracization. …”
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Discovery of a novel Mediterranean Haemaphysalis (Ornithophysalis) doenitzi group tick species infesting Falco eleonorae on Antikythira Island, Greece by Lidia Chitimia-Dobler, Christos Barboutis, Anastasios Bounas, Christina Kassara, Ben J. Mans, Anastasios Saratsis, Ala Tabor

“…Eleonora's falcon (Falco eleonorae Géné, 1839) is a well-known long-distance migrant of the Afro-Palaearctic flyway, a summer breeder of the Mediterranean region and North-west Africa and a winter resident of Madagascar and surrounding areas, thus characterized as a double endemic. …”
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Genetic Polymorphism of msp1 and msp2 in Plasmodium falciparum Isolates from Côte d’Ivoire versus Gabon by William Yavo, Abibatou Konaté, Denise Patricia Mawili-Mboumba, Fulgence Kondo Kassi, Marie L. Tshibola Mbuyi, Etienne Kpongbo Angora, Eby I. Hervé Menan, Marielle K. Bouyou-Akotet

“…Isolates collected from 100 and 73 falciparum malaria infections in sites of Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa) and Gabon (Central Africa), respectively, were analyzed by a nested PCR amplification of msp1 and msp2 genes. …”
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Value-Added Zobo Drink with Date Juice by Prince C. Ojileh, Queency N. Okechukwu

“…., also known as edible roselle, belongs to the Malvaceae family and is native to West Africa. In Nigeria, its dried petals are processed by boiling and filtration into a non-alcoholic beverage called Zobo. …”
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