ReviewInternational health2020
Inflammatory bowel disease in Africa: what is the current state of knowledge?
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- QuYuShengXin formula reshapes bile-acid-mediated macrophage polarization in the treatment of ulcerative colitis.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Article
- Global Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Opportunities and Challenges for a New Era.United European gastroenterology journal · 2025Review
- Emerging Patterns of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: 175 Cases From an Inflammatory Bowel Disease Network.Journal of Crohn's & colitis · 2025Article
- Integrating transcriptomics and proteomics to analyze the immune microenvironment of cytomegalovirus associated ulcerative colitis and identify relevant biomarkers.BioData mining · 2024Article
- Nutritional deficiencies and associated pathologies present unique challenges of diagnosing paediatric inflammatory bowel disease in sub-Saharan Africa.BMJ nutrition, prevention & health · 2024Article
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Increases the Severity of Myocardial Infarction after Acute Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Mice.Biomedicines · 2023Article
- Public Knowledge of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study.Cureus · 2023Article
- Enhanced Stability of Vegetal Diamine Oxidase with Trehalose and Sucrose as Cryoprotectants: Mechanistic Insights.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Challenges in the diagnosis and management of IBD: a sub-Saharan African perspective.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2023Review
- Epidemiology and Characteristics of Spondyloarthritis in the Predominantly Afro-Descendant Population of Martinique, a French Caribbean Island.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Epstein-Barr Virus and Human Cytomegalovirus Infection in Intestinal Mucosa of Chinese Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- Clinico-Epidemiological Characteristics of Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Egypt: A Nationwide Multicenter Study.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- The impact ofFrontiers in medicine · 2022Review
- Clinical characteristics of colonoscopy in 448 patients in the Zanzibar Archipelago: a cross-sectional study.The Pan African medical journal · 2022Article
- Colostrum Therapy for Human Gastrointestinal Health and Disease.Nutrients · 2021Review
- Exploring treatment of inflammatory bowel disease with infliximab in the Middle East and Northern Africa: An analysis of the HARIR observational cohort study.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology AssociationObservational
- Inflammatory bowel disease burden in the Middle East and North Africa Region: a comprehensive analysis of incidence, prevalence, and mortality from 1990-2019.Annals of gastroenterologyArticle
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Abstract
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasingly recognized as a global disease in the twenty-first century; however, little is known about its epidemiology in Africa. We conducted a literature review in order to assess what is currently known on this subject, the results of which are reported here. Based on available observational studies, it appears that the incidence of IBD in Africa is rising, although comprehensive epidemiological data are lacking. This is likely due to multiple factors, including shifting trends in diet and exposure to environmental pathogens. Many challenges relating to IBD exist for healthcare systems in Africa, including the need for improved access to diagnostic facilities such as endoscopy and histopathology, and the potential economic burden of treatment. Intestinal TB also represents a significant confounding factor in the diagnosis of IBD in Africa.
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