Ousmane Faye
Biographic Data
| ID | 5639479 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ousmane Faye |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ousmane |
| FAMILY NAME | Faye |
| SIGNATURE | FAYE O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institut Pasteur de Dakar |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5239-1021 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Mining corridors as emergence interfaces
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining has rapidly reshaped southeastern Senegal's Kédougou region from a sparsely populated savanna-forest landscape into a highly connected frontier marked by land-use change, intense population mobility, and fragile basic services. Over the past decade, this corridor has recorded clustered outbreaks and warning signals involving mosquito-borne, tick-borne, and water-associated infections, including sylvatic dengu…
Prevalence and associated factors of human haemorrhagic fevers in Senegal
Introduction: Viral haemorrhagic fevers such as Rift Valley fever, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, and hantavirus disease continue to threaten public health in Africa. This study assessed the seroprevalence and associated factors of these infections in Senegal. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from September 2022 to June 2024 among asymptomatic individuals living in close contact with livestock in two regions: Matam, a transbound…
Implementation of basic package of care improved socio-economic conditions of lymphedema patients in rural Mali after two years follow-up
Research shows that a local hygiene package washing, wound care, and exercise improves lymphedema (LE) patients’ quality of life by reducing ADLA, costs, stigma, and boosting work capacity. The ‘LEdoxy’ study, a 24-month, multicountry, double-blind, randomized controlled trial of doxycycline plus hygiene, investigated the efficacy of daily doxycycline versus a placebo for lymphatic filariasis in Mali, India, and Sri Lanka. All ‘LEdoxy’ participan…
Useful public health countermeasures to control the current multicountry outbreak of Monkeypox disease
Monkeypox is a viral disease endemic to some countries in Central and Western Africa. However, sporadic human cases have also been reported outside of Africa. The first human case was reported in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Very similar to the eradicated smallpox regarding its clinical representation, the Monkeypox disease is most common in children aged between 5 and 9 years with a fatality rate ranging from 1 to 11% in Africa. Dur…
Re-Emergence of Dengue Serotype 3 in the Context of a Large Religious Gathering Event in Touba, Senegal
Dengue virus (DENV) was detected in Senegal in 1979 for the first time. Since 2017, unprecedented frequent outbreaks of DENV were noticed yearly. In this context, epidemiological and molecular evolution data are paramount to decipher the virus diffusion route. In the current study, we focused on a dengue outbreak which occurred in Senegal in 2018 in the context of a large religious gathering with 263 confirmed DENV cases out of 832 collected samp…
Survival of eight LLIN brands 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after a mass distribution campaign in rural and urban settings in Senegal
Differences in survival among LLIN may be driven by brand, shape or environmental setting. In this study in Senegal, conical PermaNet® 2.0 were retained in households while rectangular PermaNet® 2.0 had lower retention, suggesting that net shape may play a role in retention and should be further investigated. Distribution of preferred LLIN shape, accompanied by good communication on care and repair, could lead to increased effective lifespan, and…
Knowledge, attitudes and practices about malaria in Cabo Verde
The population of Cape Verde has a high level of knowledge about malaria, including its transmission, main symptoms and preventive and control measures. However, some gaps and misunderstandings have been noticed and contribute to the insufficient community involvement in actions against malaria. Therefore, is necessary to increase the knowledge of the population, leading to their full ownership and participation in community actions to contribute…
Association between Childhood Diarrhoeal Incidence and Climatic Factors in Urban and Rural Settings in the Health District of Mbour, Senegal
We assessed the association between childhood diarrhoeal incidence and climatic factors in rural and urban settings in the health district of Mbour in western Senegal. We used monthly diarrhoeal case records among children under five years registered in 24 health facilities over a four-year period (2011-2014). Climatic data (i.e., daily temperature, night temperature and rainfall) for the same four-year period were obtained. We performed a negati…
Rift Valley Fever Outbreaks in Mauritania and Related Environmental Conditions
Four large outbreaks of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) occurred in Mauritania in 1998, 2003, 2010 and 2012 which caused lots of animal and several human deaths. We investigated rainfall and vegetation conditions that might have impacted on RVF transmission over the affected regions. Our results corroborate that RVF transmission generally occurs during the months of September and October in Mauritania, similarly to Senegal. The four outbreaks were preced…
West Nile Virus Transmission in Sentinel Chickens and Potential Mosquito Vectors, Senegal River Delta, 2008–2009
West Nile virus (WNV) is an arthropod-borne Flavivirus usually transmitted to wild birds by Culex mosquitoes. Humans and horses are susceptible to WNV but are dead-end hosts. WNV is endemic in Senegal, particularly in the Senegal River Delta. To assess transmission patterns and potential vectors, entomological and sentinel serological was done in Ross Bethio along the River Senegal. Three sentinel henhouses (also used as chicken-baited traps) wer…
Hunger and Food Insecurity in Nairobi’s Slums
Although linked to poverty as conditions reflecting inadequate access to resources to obtain food, issues such as hunger and food insecurity have seldom been recognized as important in urban settings. Overall, little is known about the prevalence and magnitude of hunger and food insecurity in most cities. Yet, in sub-Saharan Africa where the majority of urban dwellers live on less than one dollar a day, it is obvious that a large proportion of th…
Is migration a good substitute for education subsidies
Chapitre III. La santé dans la région des Rivières du Sud
La mangrove : milieu malsain?Les premiers navigateurs européens touchant les côtes d’Afrique de l’Ouest se heurtent au mur vert de la mangrove. Dès qu’ils quittent leurs bateaux et s’établissent à terre, ils sont victimes des fièvres. Ce vocable recouvre non seulement le paludisme, dont les formes cliniques sont décrites depuis Hippocrate, mais aussi la typhoïde et un grand nombre de maladies infectieuses. Cependant, la fièvre jaune est identifié…
Rivières du Sud
Les mangroves sont bien plus que des palétuviers. Forêts dans la mer, ou encore marais maritimes convertis en rizières, elles constituent l'un des paysages les plus originaux des littoraux intertropicaux. Dès leur découverte par les navigateurs portugais, elles suscitent des discours contradictoires et sont l'objet d'enjeux multiples et souvent conflictuels entre « conservationnistes » et « productivistes ». Cette synthèse régionale dresse un éta…
Rivières du Sud
Les mangroves sont bien plus que des palétuviers. Forêts dans la mer, ou encore marais maritimes convertis en rizières, elles constituent l'un des paysages les plus originaux des littoraux intertropicaux. Dès leur découverte par les navigateurs portugais, elles suscitent des discours contradictoires et sont l'objet d'enjeux multiples et souvent conflictuels entre « conservationnistes » et « productivistes ». Cette synthèse régionale dresse un éta…
Is migration a good substitute for education subsidies
Hunger and Food Insecurity in Nairobi’s Slums
Although linked to poverty as conditions reflecting inadequate access to resources to obtain food, issues such as hunger and food insecurity have seldom been recognized as important in urban settings. Overall, little is known about the prevalence and magnitude of hunger and food insecurity in most cities. Yet, in sub-Saharan Africa where the majority of urban dwellers live on less than one dollar a day, it is obvious that a large proportion of th…
Chapitre III. La santé dans la région des Rivières du Sud
La mangrove : milieu malsain?Les premiers navigateurs européens touchant les côtes d’Afrique de l’Ouest se heurtent au mur vert de la mangrove. Dès qu’ils quittent leurs bateaux et s’établissent à terre, ils sont victimes des fièvres. Ce vocable recouvre non seulement le paludisme, dont les formes cliniques sont décrites depuis Hippocrate, mais aussi la typhoïde et un grand nombre de maladies infectieuses. Cependant, la fièvre jaune est identifié…
Rivières du Sud
Les mangroves sont bien plus que des palétuviers. Forêts dans la mer, ou encore marais maritimes convertis en rizières, elles constituent l'un des paysages les plus originaux des littoraux intertropicaux. Dès leur découverte par les navigateurs portugais, elles suscitent des discours contradictoires et sont l'objet d'enjeux multiples et souvent conflictuels entre « conservationnistes » et « productivistes ». Cette synthèse régionale dresse un éta…
Is migration a good substitute for education subsidies
Hunger and Food Insecurity in Nairobi’s Slums
Although linked to poverty as conditions reflecting inadequate access to resources to obtain food, issues such as hunger and food insecurity have seldom been recognized as important in urban settings. Overall, little is known about the prevalence and magnitude of hunger and food insecurity in most cities. Yet, in sub-Saharan Africa where the majority of urban dwellers live on less than one dollar a day, it is obvious that a large proportion of th…
West Nile Virus Transmission in Sentinel Chickens and Potential Mosquito Vectors, Senegal River Delta, 2008–2009
West Nile virus (WNV) is an arthropod-borne Flavivirus usually transmitted to wild birds by Culex mosquitoes. Humans and horses are susceptible to WNV but are dead-end hosts. WNV is endemic in Senegal, particularly in the Senegal River Delta. To assess transmission patterns and potential vectors, entomological and sentinel serological was done in Ross Bethio along the River Senegal. Three sentinel henhouses (also used as chicken-baited traps) wer…
Rift Valley Fever Outbreaks in Mauritania and Related Environmental Conditions
Four large outbreaks of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) occurred in Mauritania in 1998, 2003, 2010 and 2012 which caused lots of animal and several human deaths. We investigated rainfall and vegetation conditions that might have impacted on RVF transmission over the affected regions. Our results corroborate that RVF transmission generally occurs during the months of September and October in Mauritania, similarly to Senegal. The four outbreaks were preced…
Association between Childhood Diarrhoeal Incidence and Climatic Factors in Urban and Rural Settings in the Health District of Mbour, Senegal
We assessed the association between childhood diarrhoeal incidence and climatic factors in rural and urban settings in the health district of Mbour in western Senegal. We used monthly diarrhoeal case records among children under five years registered in 24 health facilities over a four-year period (2011-2014). Climatic data (i.e., daily temperature, night temperature and rainfall) for the same four-year period were obtained. We performed a negati…
Knowledge, attitudes and practices about malaria in Cabo Verde
The population of Cape Verde has a high level of knowledge about malaria, including its transmission, main symptoms and preventive and control measures. However, some gaps and misunderstandings have been noticed and contribute to the insufficient community involvement in actions against malaria. Therefore, is necessary to increase the knowledge of the population, leading to their full ownership and participation in community actions to contribute…
Re-Emergence of Dengue Serotype 3 in the Context of a Large Religious Gathering Event in Touba, Senegal
Dengue virus (DENV) was detected in Senegal in 1979 for the first time. Since 2017, unprecedented frequent outbreaks of DENV were noticed yearly. In this context, epidemiological and molecular evolution data are paramount to decipher the virus diffusion route. In the current study, we focused on a dengue outbreak which occurred in Senegal in 2018 in the context of a large religious gathering with 263 confirmed DENV cases out of 832 collected samp…
Survival of eight LLIN brands 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after a mass distribution campaign in rural and urban settings in Senegal
Differences in survival among LLIN may be driven by brand, shape or environmental setting. In this study in Senegal, conical PermaNet® 2.0 were retained in households while rectangular PermaNet® 2.0 had lower retention, suggesting that net shape may play a role in retention and should be further investigated. Distribution of preferred LLIN shape, accompanied by good communication on care and repair, could lead to increased effective lifespan, and…
Useful public health countermeasures to control the current multicountry outbreak of Monkeypox disease
Monkeypox is a viral disease endemic to some countries in Central and Western Africa. However, sporadic human cases have also been reported outside of Africa. The first human case was reported in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Very similar to the eradicated smallpox regarding its clinical representation, the Monkeypox disease is most common in children aged between 5 and 9 years with a fatality rate ranging from 1 to 11% in Africa. Dur…
Implementation of basic package of care improved socio-economic conditions of lymphedema patients in rural Mali after two years follow-up
Research shows that a local hygiene package washing, wound care, and exercise improves lymphedema (LE) patients’ quality of life by reducing ADLA, costs, stigma, and boosting work capacity. The ‘LEdoxy’ study, a 24-month, multicountry, double-blind, randomized controlled trial of doxycycline plus hygiene, investigated the efficacy of daily doxycycline versus a placebo for lymphatic filariasis in Mali, India, and Sri Lanka. All ‘LEdoxy’ participan…
Mining corridors as emergence interfaces
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining has rapidly reshaped southeastern Senegal's Kédougou region from a sparsely populated savanna-forest landscape into a highly connected frontier marked by land-use change, intense population mobility, and fragile basic services. Over the past decade, this corridor has recorded clustered outbreaks and warning signals involving mosquito-borne, tick-borne, and water-associated infections, including sylvatic dengu…
Prevalence and associated factors of human haemorrhagic fevers in Senegal
Introduction: Viral haemorrhagic fevers such as Rift Valley fever, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, and hantavirus disease continue to threaten public health in Africa. This study assessed the seroprevalence and associated factors of these infections in Senegal. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from September 2022 to June 2024 among asymptomatic individuals living in close contact with livestock in two regions: Matam, a transbound…
Medicine (7 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Biology (4 works) · Malaria Research and Control (4 works) · Mosquito-borne diseases and control (4 works) · Outbreak (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Public health (4 works) · Viral Infections and Vectors (4 works)