The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in humanitarian settings: epidemiology, health service utilization, and health care seeking behavior in Bangui and surrounding areas, Central African Republic by Chiara Altare, Natalya Kostandova, Gbètoho Fortuné Gankpe, Patricia Nalimo, Abdoul Azizi Almoustapha Abaradine, IMPACT CAR Team, Sophie Bruneau, Caroline Antoine, Paul B. Spiegel

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Detection of circulating hepatitis B virus immune escape and polymerase mutants among HBV-positive patients attending Institut Pasteur de Bangui, Central African Republic by Giscard Wilfried Koyaweda, Juliette Rose Ongus, Eunice Machuka, John Juma, Rosaline Macharia, Narcisse Patrice Komas, Roger Pelle

“…Keywords: Hepatitis B virus, Genotype/subgenotype, Serotype, Immune escape mutants (IEMs), Polymerase mutants, Central African Republic…”
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COVID-19 Genomic Surveillance in Bangui (Central African Republic) Reveals a Landscape of Circulating Variants Linked to Validated Antiviral Targets of SARS-CoV-2 Proteome by Ulrich Vickos, Marianna Camasta, Nicole Grandi, Sante Scognamiglio, Tobias Schindler, Marie Roseline Darnycka Belizaire, Ernest Lango-Yaya, Giscard Wilfried Koyaweda, Oscar Senzongo, Simon Pounguinza, Kaleb Kandou Jephté Francis Estimé, Stephanie N’yetobouko, Christelle Luce Bobossi Gadia, Dominos-Alfred Feiganazoui, Alain Le Faou, Massimiliano Orsini, Carlo Federico Perno, Luca Zinzula, Clotaire Donatien Rafaï

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Provider-initiated HIV testing uptake and socio-economic status among women in a conflict zone in the Central African Republic: a mixed-methods cross-sectional study by Mari Nythun Utheim, Petros Isaakidis, Rafael Van den Bergh, Bantas Bata Ghislain Géraud, Rodrigue Biguioh Mabvouna, Tone Kristin Omsland, Espen Heen, Cecilie Dahl

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Multidimensional Peacekeeping: Local Peace does not last when National Peace Fails by Sergio Luiz Cruz Aguilar

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A deep learning approach to risk management modeling for Islamic microfinance by Klemens Katterbauer, Philippe Moschetta

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Hepatitis B and hepatitis D virus infections in the Central African Republic, twenty-five years after a fulminant hepatitis outbreak, indicate continuing spread in asymptomatic young adults. by Narcisse Patrice Komas, Sumantra Ghosh, Mariama Abdou-Chekaraou, Pierre Pradat, Nasser Al Hawajri, Alexandre Manirakiza, Gina Laure Laghoe, Claudine Bekondi, Ségolène Brichler, Jean-Omer Ouavéné, Abdoulaye Sépou, Brice Martial Yambiyo, Jean Chrysostome Gody, Valentin Fikouma, Athénais Gerber, Natali Abeywickrama Samarakoon, Dulce Alfaiate, Caroline Scholtès, Nora Martel, Frédéric Le Gal, Hugo Lo Pinto, Ikram Amri, Olivier Hantz, David Durantel, Jean-Louis Lesbordes, Emmanuel Gordien, Philippe Merle, Tudor Drugan, Christian Trépo, Fabien Zoulim, Jean-Claude Cortay, Alan Campbell Kay, Paul Dény

“…In the mid-eighties, an outbreak of HDV fulminant hepatitis (FH) in the Central African Republic (CAR) killed 88% of patients hospitalized in Bangui. …”
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Long-term monitoring of microsporidia, Cryptosporidium and Giardia infections in western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) at different stages of habituation in Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas, Central African Republic. by Bohumil Sak, Klara J Petrzelkova, Dana Kvetonova, Anna Mynarova, Kathryn A Shutt, Katerina Pomajbikova, Barbora Kalousova, David Modry, Julio Benavides, Angelique Todd, Martin Kvac

“…AIMS: To evaluate the impact of close contact with humans on the occurrence of potentially zoonotic protists in great apes, we conducted a long-term monitoring of microsporidia, Cryptosporidium and Giardia infections in western lowland gorillas at different stages of the habituation process, humans, and other wildlife in Dzanga-Sangha Protected Areas in the Central African Republic. RESULTS: We detected Encephalitozoon cuniculi genotypes I and II (7.5%), Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotype D and three novel genotypes (gorilla 1-3) (4.0%), Giardia intestinalis subgroup A II (2.0%) and Cryptosporidium bovis (0.5%) in gorillas, whereas in humans we found only G. intestinalis subgroup A II (2.1%). …”
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Influence of food availability on the diet and activity budget of two western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) groups of differing size in the Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Central African Republic by Terence Fuh Neba, Giuseppe Donati, Angelique Todd, Shelly Masi

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SMS-based smartphone application for disease surveillance has doubled completeness and timeliness in a limited-resource setting – evaluation of a 15-week pilot program in Central African Republic (CAR) by Ziad El-Khatib, Maya Shah, Samuel N Zallappa, Pierre Nabeth, José Guerra, Casimir T Manengu, Michel Yao, Aline Philibert, Lazare Massina, Claes-Philip Staiger, Raphael Mbailao, Jean-Pierre Kouli, Hippolyte Mboma, Geraldine Duc, Dago Inagbe, Alpha Boubaca Barry, Thierry Dumont, Philippe Cavailler, Michel Quere, Brian Willett, Souheil Reaiche, Hervé de Ribaucourt, Bruce Reeder

“…Methods The Central African Republic (CAR) Ministry of Health and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) conducted a 15-week pilot project to test a disease surveillance app, Argus, for 20 conditions in 21 health centers in Mambéré Kadéi district (MK 2016). …”
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A Decade Long, Multi-Scale Map Comparison of Fire Regime Parameters Derived from Three Publically Available Satellite-Based Fire Products: A Case Study in the Central African Republic by Patrick H. Freeborn, Mark A. Cochrane, Martin J. Wooster

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First evaluation of the use of assisted natural regeneration by central african farmers to restore their landscapes by Arnot Kpolita, Emilien Dubiez, Olga Yongo, Régis Peltier

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NOTIONS ABOUT LOVE AND CULTURE: RESULTS OF AN EMPIRICAL STUDY by O. V. Maslova, I. A. Dzhidaryan

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The Crisis in CAR: Navigating Myths and Interests by Ilmari Käihkö, Mats Utas

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L’Éducation en situation de conflit en République centrafricaine : les Espaces Temporaires d’Apprentissage en question by Helena Murseli

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Contes et identité : Wanto dans les contes gbaya et dans la communication actuelle by Paulette Roulon-Doko

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Performance evaluation of the touchscreen-based Muse™ Auto CD4/CD4% single-platform system for CD4 T cell numeration in absolute number and in percentage using blood samples from children and adult patients living in the Central African Republic by Christian Diamant Mossoro-Kpinde, André Kouabosso, Ralph-Sydney Mboumba Bouassa, Jean De Dieu Longo, Edouard Kokanzo, Rosine Féissona, Gérard Grésenguet, Laurent Bélec

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Evaluation of the micro-CATT, CATT/Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, and LATEX/T. b. gambiense methods for serodiagnosis and surveillance of human African trypanosomiasis in West and C... by Truc Philippe, Lejon Veerle, Magnus Eddy, Jamonneau Vincent, Nangouma Auguste, Verloo Didier, Penchenier Laurent, Büscher Philippe

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OUIS and MINUSCA in the CAR: The Effectiveness of Realist and Liberal Peacekeeping Paradigms by Aleksandr L. Bovdunov

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HSV-2 Infection as a Potential Cofactor for HIV Disease Progression and Selection of Drug Resistance Mutations in Adults under WHO-Recommended First-Line Antiretroviral Therapy: A Multicentric, Cross-Sectional Study in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, and Gabon by Abdoulaye Mihimit, Chatté Adawaye, Hélène Péré, Cecilia Costiniuk, Donato Koyalta, François-Xavier Mbopi-Keou, Ralph-Sydney Mboumba Bouassa, Frédéric Talla, Sandrine Moussa, Jean De Dieu Longo, Bertin Hig-Zounet Tchombou, Gérard Grésenguet, Charlotte Charpentier, Laurent Bélec

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