Experiences and Lessons from a Multicountry NIDIAG Study on Persistent Digestive Disorders in the Tropics

Sören L Becker; Peiling Yap; Ninon S Horié; Emilie Alirol; Barbara Barbé; Nisha K Bhatta; Narayan R Bhattarai; Emmanuel Bottieau; Justin K Chatigre; Jean T Coulibaly; Hassan K M Fofana; Jan Jacobs; Prahlad Karki; Basudha Khanal; Stefanie Knopp; Kanika Koirala; Yodi Mahendradhata; Pascal Mertens; Fransiska Meyanti; Elsa H Murhandarwati; Eliézer K N'Goran; Rosanna W Peeling; Bickram Pradhan; Raffaella Ravinetto; Suman Rijal; Moussa Sacko; Rénion Saye; Pierre H H Schneeberger; Céline Schurmans; Kigbafori D Silué; Peter Steinmann; Harry van Loen; Kristien Verdonck; Lisette van Lieshout; Lutz von Müller; Joel A Yao; Marleen Boelaert; François Chappuis; Katja Polman; Jürg Utzinger

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004818

Experiences and Lessons from a Multicountry NIDIAG Study on Persistent Digestive Disorders in the Tropics

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Nov 3;10(11):e0004818. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004818. eCollection 2016 Nov.

Authors

Sören L Becker^{1

2

3}, Peiling Yap^{1

2}, Ninon S Horié⁴, Emilie Alirol⁵, Barbara Barbé⁶, Nisha K Bhatta⁷, Narayan R Bhattarai⁸, Emmanuel Bottieau⁶, Justin K Chatigre⁹, Jean T Coulibaly^{1

2

10

11}, Hassan K M Fofana¹², Jan Jacobs^{6

13}, Prahlad Karki¹⁴, Basudha Khanal⁸, Stefanie Knopp^{1

2

15}, Kanika Koirala¹⁴, Yodi Mahendradhata¹⁶, Pascal Mertens¹⁷, Fransiska Meyanti¹⁶, Elsa H Murhandarwati¹⁶, Eliézer K N'Goran^{10

11}, Rosanna W Peeling¹⁸, Bickram Pradhan¹⁴, Raffaella Ravinetto^{6

19}, Suman Rijal¹⁴, Moussa Sacko¹², Rénion Saye¹², Pierre H H Schneeberger^{1

2

20

21}, Céline Schurmans⁶, Kigbafori D Silué^{10

11}, Peter Steinmann^{1

2}, Harry van Loen⁶, Kristien Verdonck²², Lisette van Lieshout²³, Lutz von Müller³, Joel A Yao^{10

11}, Marleen Boelaert²², François Chappuis⁴, Katja Polman²⁴, Jürg Utzinger^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
² University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
³ Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
⁴ Division of Tropical and Humanitarian Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Clinical Research Centre, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁶ Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁷ Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
⁸ Department of Microbiology, B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
⁹ Hôpital Mêthodiste de Dabou, Dabou, Côte d'Ivoire.
¹⁰ Unité de Formation et de Recherche Biosciences, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
¹¹ Département Environnement et Santé, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
¹² Institut National de Recherche en Santé Publique, Bamako, Mali.
¹³ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
¹⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
¹⁵ Wolfson Wellcome Biomedical Laboratories, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom.
¹⁶ Centre for Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
¹⁷ Coris BioConcept, Gembloux, Belgium.
¹⁸ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
¹⁹ Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
²⁰ Department of Epidemiology and Molecular Diagnostics, Agroscope Changins Wädenswil, Wädenswil, Switzerland.
²¹ Department of Virology, Spiez Laboratory, Federal Office for Civil Protection, Spiez, Switzerland.
²² Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
²³ Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
²⁴ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Case-Control Studies
Cote d'Ivoire / epidemiology
Diagnosis, Differential
Gastrointestinal Diseases / diagnosis
Gastrointestinal Diseases / epidemiology*
Gastrointestinal Diseases / pathology
Gastrointestinal Diseases / therapy
Humans
Indonesia / epidemiology
Mali / epidemiology
Neglected Diseases / diagnosis*
Neglected Diseases / pathology
Nepal / epidemiology
Time Factors
Tropical Medicine / methods*
Tropical Medicine / standards*

Grants and funding

This work is part of the NIDIAG European research network (Collaborative Project), supported by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development, and demonstration under grant agreement no. 260260. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.