ArticleSAGE open medicine2018
Dengue rapid diagnostic tests: Health professionals' practices and challenges in Burkina Faso.
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- Implementation determinants of rapid diagnostic tests for fever management in sub-Saharan Africa: a mixed-studies systematic review.Nature communications · 2026Pooled it
- Use of qualitative and mixed methods research in diagnostic technology evaluation and implementation: insights from a systematic review.Diagnostic and prognostic research · 2026Review
- Comparative Analysis of Molecular Detection Algorithms for Enhanced Dengue Surveillance: A Field Case Evaluation.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2026Article
- Dengue Fever and Its Burden in Burkina Faso: An Overview.Reviews in medical virology · 2026Review
- Improving Management of Viral Febrile Illness and Reducing the Need for Empiric Antibiotics Using VIDASDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Dengue diagnosis and impact on clinical management: A literature review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Review
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- Determinants and prevalence of symptomatic dengue fever among adults in the Central Region of Burkina Faso: a hospital-based cross-sectional study.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- The feasibility of novel point-of-care diagnostics for febrile illnesses at health centres in Southeast Asia: a mixed-methods study.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2023Article
- Spatiotemporal analysis of dengue fever in Burkina Faso from 2016 to 2019.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Video as a public health knowledge transfer tool in Burkina Faso: A mixed evaluation comparing three narrative genres.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- Clinical and epidemiologic characteristics associated with dengue during and outside the 2016 outbreak identified in health facility-based surveillance in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesDengue fever remains unrecognized and under-reported in Africa due to several factors, including health professionals' lack of awareness, important prevalence of other febrile illnesses, most of which are treated presumptively as malaria, and the absence of surveillance systems. In Burkina Faso, health centers have no diagnostic tools to identify and manage dengue, which remains ignored, despite the evidence of seasonal outbreaks in recent years. A qualitative study was conducted to analyze the use of rapid diagnostic tests in six health and social promotion centers (i.e. health-care centers, from the French Centers de Santé
methodsDengue rapid diagnostic tests were introduced into fever-related consultations from December 2013 to January 2014. In-depth individual interviews were conducted in May and June 2014 with 32 health professionals.
resultsPrior to the introduction of the tests, dengue was not well known or diagnosed by health professionals during consultations. Most febrile cases were routinely presumed to be malaria and treated accordingly. With training and routine use of rapid diagnostic tests, health professionals became more knowledgeable about dengue, improving the diagnosis of non-malaria febrile cases and its management, and better prescription practices.
conclusionsIn a context of dengue re-emergence and high prevalence of other febrile illnesses, having rapid diagnostic tools available, especially during epidemics reinforces health professionals' diagnostic and prescribing capacities, allowing an opportune and accurate case management and facilitates diseases surveillance.
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