Antibodies to the hepatitis delta virus (HDV) were found in 17.6% of 233 hepatitis B virus surface antigen-positive subjects in Cameroon. Phylogenetic analyses showed the presence of HDV-1, HDV-5, HDV-6, and HDV-7 genotypes. These results enrich the limited data on HDV prevalence and molecular diversity in Cameroon.

BACKGROUND Cameroon has the highest age-standardized incidence rate of cervical cancer (30/100,000 women) in Central Africa. In 2010-2011, the Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services (CBCHS) received donated human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Gardasil, from Merck & Co. Inc. through Axios Healthcare Development to immunize 6400 girls aged 9-13 years. The aim was to inform the Cameroon Minis...

BACKGROUND Deforestation is one of the most ubiquitous forms of land degradation worldwide. Although remote sensing and aerial photographs can supply valuable information on land/use cover changes, they may not regularly be available for some tropical coasts (e.g., Cameroon estuary) where cloud cover is frequent. With respect to mangroves, researchers are now employing local knowledge as an alt...

Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, 90187 Umeå, Sweden Woods and Wayside International, Princeton, NJ, USA Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia d Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation, Kibale, Uganda e Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), Yaounde, Cameroon f Technical Training and Research Centre for Development...

Rabies is enzootic among dog populations in some parts of Cameroon and the risk of human rabies is thought to be steadily high in these regions. However, the molecular epidemiology of circulating Rabies Virus (RABV) has been hardly considered in Cameroon as well as in most neighboring central African countries. To address this fundamental gap, 76 nucleoprotein (N) gene sequences of dog-derived ...

Background & aim: The caesarean rate is on the rise in Cameroon; nonetheless, there is a paucity of data regarding its associated risk factors and outcomes.  This study aimed to determine the associated risk factors, as well as maternal and fetal outcomes of caesarean delivery in four hospitals in Cameroon. Methods:</str...

Charletonia cameroonensis Haitlinger & Kekeunou sp. nov. is described and illustrated from larvae obtained from Zonocerus variegatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae) in Cameroon. For the first time C. justynae Haitlinger, 1987 is reported from Cameroon and from Z. variegatus and Eupezus rufipes Quedenfeldt, 1885 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). This paper also presents new morphologica...

Ramadhani S. O. Nondo, Mainen J. Moshi, Paul Erasto, Denis Zofou, Abdel J. Njouendou, Samuel Wanji, Moses N. Ngemenya, Abdul W Kidukuli, Pax J. Masimba, Vincent P.K. Titanji Department of Biological and Pre–Clinical Studies, Institute of Traditional Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanz...

Chloroquine resistant falciparum malaria has rapidly spread over central and west Africa (WERNSDORFER & PAYNE, 1991). In southern Cameroon chloroquine resistance was first reported by SANSONNETTI et al. (1985). We measured chloroquine sensitivity in vivo of Plasmodium falciparum in May 1989 and 1991 in schoolchildren in the town of Edea, southern Cameroon, and observed considerable increase ove...

Altogether 24 species of ptyctimous mites were found in sifting litter samples from the Cameroon. Twelve new species of the ptyctimous mites, Indotritia montkoupensis sp. nov., Acrotritia furca sp. nov., Acrotritia quasidivida sp. nov., Hoplophthiracarus kumboensis sp. nov., Hoplophthiracarus reticulatus sp. nov., Hoplophthiracarus spinus sp. nov., Steganacarus (Rhacaplacarus) quaternarius sp. ...