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List of works by Jean Joel Bigna

A comparison of quality of abstracts of systematic reviews including meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials in high-impact general medicine journals before and after the publication of PRISMA extension for abstracts: a systematic review and m

scientific article published on 13 October 2016

A randomized blinded controlled trial of mobile phone reminders on the follow-up medical care of HIV-exposed and HIV-infected children in Cameroon: study protocol (MORE CARE)

scientific article published on 25 September 2013

Abstracts reporting of HIV/AIDS randomized controlled trials in general medicine and infectious diseases journals: completeness to date and improvement in the quality since CONSORT extension for abstracts.

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Active smoking among people with diabetes mellitus or hypertension in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Antiretroviral therapy related adverse effects: Can sub-Saharan Africa cope with the new "test and treat" policy of the World Health Organization?

scientific article published on 15 February 2017

Association of academic performance of premedical students to satisfaction and engagement in a short training program: a cross sectional study presenting gender differences

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Association of insulin treatment versus oral hypoglycaemic agents with diabetic retinopathy and its severity in type 2 diabetes patients in Cameroon, sub-Saharan Africa.

scientific article published on October 2016

Atherogenic index of plasma and 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in adult Africans living with HIV infection: A cross-sectional study from Yaoundé, Cameroon.

scientific article published in January 2017

Automated text message reminders to promote good health

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Barriers to the implementation of mobile phone reminders in pediatric HIV care: a pre-trial analysis of the Cameroonian MORE CARE study

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Body mass index and outcomes of patients with laparoscopic adrenalectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

scientific article published on 05 June 2019

Body size measures and risk of venous thromboembolism: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 31 March 2018

Burden of hepatitis E virus infection in pregnancy and maternofoetal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 28 July 2020

Case fatality rate and viral aetiologies of acute respiratory tract infections in HIV positive and negative people in Africa: The VARIAFRICA-HIV systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 28 June 2019

Challenges in initiating antiretroviral therapy for all HIV-infected people regardless of CD4 cell count

scientific article (publication date: 2016)

Characteristics of patients co-infected with HIV at the time of inpatient tuberculosis treatment initiation in Yaoundé, Cameroon: a tertiary care hospital-based cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 4 May 2015

Chikungunya virus infection prevalence in Africa: a contemporaneous systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 21 November 2018

Community-based health insurance knowledge, concern, preferences, and financial planning for health care among informal sector workers in a health district of Douala, Cameroon.

scientific article published on 17 September 2013

Contemporaneous data on the prevalence of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus infection in people with acute respiratory tract infections in Africa (2000-2017)

scientific article published on 22 August 2018

Contemporary occurrence and aetiology of chronic leg ulcers in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.

scientific article published on 27 May 2019

Dengue virus infection in people residing in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence studies

scientific article published on 20 September 2019

Early Mortality during Initial Treatment of Tuberculosis in Patients Co-Infected with HIV at the Yaoundé Central Hospital, Cameroon: An 8-Year Retrospective Cohort Study (2006-2013).

scientific article published on 27 July 2015

Effect of mobile phone reminders on follow-up medical care of children exposed to or infected with HIV in Cameroon (MORE CARE): a multicentre, single-blind, factorial, randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published on 2 June 2014

Electronic Cigarettes for Curbing the Tobacco-Induced Burden of Noncommunicable Diseases: Evidence Revisited with Emphasis on Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Epidemiological data on systemic lupus erythematosus in native sub-Saharan Africans

scientific article published on 27 November 2019

Epidemiology and treatment outcomes of diabetic retinopathy in a diabetic population from Cameroon

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Epidemiology of Overweight and Obesity in Adults Living in Cameroon: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

scientific article published on 14 August 2019

Epidemiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the global HIV-infected population: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

scientific article published on 29 March 2017

Epidemiology of depressive disorders in people living with HIV in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis: Burden of depression in HIV in Africa

scientific article published on 29 October 2018

Epidemiology of depressive disorders in people living with hypertension in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 10 December 2020

Epidemiology of respiratory viral infections in people with acute respiratory tract infections in Africa: the VARIAFRICA systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

scientific article published on 20 May 2019

Epidemiology of venous thromboembolism in people with active tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

scientific article published on 12 November 2019

Factors associated with death during tuberculosis treatment of patients co-infected with HIV at the Yaoundé Central Hospital, Cameroon: an 8-year hospital-based retrospective cohort study (2006-2013).

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Factors associated with non-adherence to scheduled medical follow-up appointments among Cameroonian children requiring HIV care: a case-control analysis of the usual-care group in the MORE CARE trial

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Gender development and hepatitis B and C infections among pregnant women in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 04 March 2019

Global burden of hepatitis B infection in people living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 09 December 2019

Global epidemiology and patterns of cerebral venous thrombosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.

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Global epidemiology of septic shock: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 14 November 2019

Global incidence of surgical site infection after appendectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 18 February 2020

Global prevalence and incidence of surgical site infections after appendectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

scientific article published on 30 August 2018

Global prevalence of resistant hypertension: a meta-analysis of data from 3.2 million patients

scientific article published on 07 August 2018

Global prevalence of spondyloarthritis in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

scientific article published on 29 October 2020

Global, regional and national estimates of Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in pregnant women: a protocol for a systematic review and modelling analysis

scientific article published on 19 October 2019

HIV related pulmonary arterial hypertension: epidemiology in Africa, physiopathology, and role of antiretroviral treatment

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Heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa: A contemporaneous systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published in April 2018

Hepatitis B infection awareness, vaccine perceptions and uptake, and serological profile of a group of health care workers in Yaoundé, Cameroon

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Hepatitis B virus and HIV coinfection among adults residing in Cameroon: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence studies

scientific article published in 2018

Household Air Pollution, Intermediate Outcomes, and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events.

scientific article published on 22 October 2015

Hypertension prevalence, incidence and risk factors among children and adolescents in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

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Low sodium and high potassium intake for cardiovascular prevention: evidence revisited with emphasis on challenges in sub-Saharan Africa

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Meta-analysis of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Various Cardiomyopathies

scientific article published on 24 April 2019

Metabolic syndrome for sub-Saharan Africans diabetes with peripheral arterial disease: a case-control study

scientific article published on 24 February 2014

Patterns and trends in mortality among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected patients in a major Internal Medicine Unit in Yaoundé, Cameroon: a retrospective cohort study

scientific article published on September 2016

Polio eradication efforts in regions of geopolitical strife: the Boko Haram threat to efforts in sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on June 2016

Prevalence and correlates of HIV-risky sexual behaviors among students attending the Medical and Social Welfare Center of the University of Maroua, Cameroon

scientific article published on 2 November 2015

Prevalence and incidence of dyslipidaemia among adults in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

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Prevalence and incidence of hypertension in the global HIV-infected population: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

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Prevalence and incidence of pulmonary hypertension among HIV-infected people in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 23 August 2016

Prevalence and patterns of congenital heart diseases in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.

scientific article published on 14 February 2017

Prevalence and progression of rheumatic heart disease: a global systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based echocardiographic studies

scientific article published on 19 November 2019

Prevalence of major cardiovascular disease risk factors among a group of sub-Saharan African young adults: a population-based cross-sectional study in Yaoundé, Cameroon

scientific article published on 07 October 2019

Prevalence of prediabetes and diabetes mellitus among adults residing in Cameroon: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 8 January 2018

Prevalence of respiratory bacterial infections in people with lower respiratory tract infections in Africa: the BARIAFRICA systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

scientific article published on 10 September 2018

Prevalence of white coat and masked hypertension in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 09 July 2018

Prevalence, infectivity and correlates of hepatitis B virus infection among pregnant women in a rural district of the Far North Region of Cameroon.

scientific article published on 2 May 2015

Pulmonary hypertension in the global population of adolescents and adults living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 24 May 2019

Rates and drivers of progression to pre-diabetes and diabetes mellitus among HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy: a global systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.

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Relationship between estimated cardiovascular disease risk and insulin resistance in a black African population living with HIV: a cross-sectional study from Cameroon.

scientific article published on 11 August 2017

Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus infection in Cameroon: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Seroprevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in Cameroon: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 28 August 2017

Sustaining the community dispensation strategy of HIV antiretroviral through community participation

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Targeting Household Air Pollution for Curbing the Cardiovascular Disease Burden: A Health Priority in Sub-Saharan Africa

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The burden of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 07 March 2019

The highly neglected burden of resistant hypertension in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 20 September 2016