CENTRE NATIONAL DE LUTTE CONTRE LE PALUDISME (CNLP)
BP 2208 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Tel. (+226) 324695/6,
fax (+226) 310477, e-mail: dkatakou@bur.healthnet.org
- Headed by Dr. Saidou Ouili
- Part of Direction Generale de la Santé Publique
Staff:
- Biology:
1 Masters, 1 Ph.D.
- Biostatistics:
4 aux. staff
- Economics:
1 Masters, 1 aux. staff
- Entomology: 2 Masters, 1 Ph.D.,
8 aux. staff
- Epidemiology: 6 aux. staff
- Immunology: 1 Masters, 2 Ph.D.
- Microbiology: 1 Ph.D.
- Parasitology: 3 technicians,
1 aux. staff
- Pharmacology: 1 MD
- Public
health: 3 MD
- Other: 5 nurses, 2 secretaries,
7 drivers, 3 general service assistants, 3 mechanics
Facilities
- Autoclave
(1)
- Centrifuges
(1 high speed, 1 refrigerated, 1 minifuge)
- Computers
- Copying
machines (2))
- Cold
storage facilites
- ELISA
readers (2)
- Incubator
(1)
- Laminar
flow hoods (2)
- Microscopes
(9 phase contrast, 1 inverted, 1 fluorescent, 1 photo, 5 dissection)
- Scintillation
counter (1)
- Transportation
(4 city cars, 9 4x4 cars, 6 MC)
- UV/visual
spectrophotometers (2)
- Water
distiller (1)
Experience in interventional field trials
Field site:
- Kuiti, 35 km from CNLP
- Hyperendemic, perennial transmission peaking August-October.
- >90% P. falciparum, 1% P. malariae
- 85% of P. falciparum infections pure
- Primary malaria vectors are A. gambiae
and A. funestus
- 150 infective bites/year
- Under-5 mortality (all causes) is 38.5%
- Schistosomiasis, dracunculosis, filariasis and
trypanosomiasis highly prevalent at field site
- Clinical tests at field site include CBC, chemistries,
urine analysis, pregnancy tests (serum and urine)
| Prevalence
rates of P. falciparum malaria during peak transmission |
Malaria
episodes per year |
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