The LancetPub Date : 2025-04-10DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00688-9
{"title":"Department of Error","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00688-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00688-9","url":null,"abstract":"<em>The African Critical Illness Outcomes Study (ACIOS) Investigators. The African Critical Illness Outcomes Study (ACIOS): a point prevalence study of critical illness in 22 nations in Africa.</em> Lancet <em>2025; <strong>405:</strong> 715–24</em>—In the appendix of this Article, the names of the ACIOS Investigators have been updated. This correction has been made to the online version as of April 10, 2025.","PeriodicalId":22898,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143819601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The LancetPub Date : 2025-04-10DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00343-5
Robert Bissonnette, Richard B Warren, Andreas Pinter, Tove Agner, Melinda Gooderham, Marie L A Schuttelaar, Marie-Noëlle Crépy, Luca Stingeni, Esther Serra-Baldrich, Keith Baranowski, Sofie Korn, Merle Kurvits, Ursula Plohberger, Natacha Strange Vest, Sibylle Schliemann
{"title":"Reflections on chronic hand eczema – Authors' reply","authors":"Robert Bissonnette, Richard B Warren, Andreas Pinter, Tove Agner, Melinda Gooderham, Marie L A Schuttelaar, Marie-Noëlle Crépy, Luca Stingeni, Esther Serra-Baldrich, Keith Baranowski, Sofie Korn, Merle Kurvits, Ursula Plohberger, Natacha Strange Vest, Sibylle Schliemann","doi":"10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00343-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00343-5","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22898,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143819798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The LancetPub Date : 2025-04-10DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00342-3
Xiaoyu Gu, Xinquan Wang, Zhichen Li, Xuan Yang, Xiang Chen, Juan Su
{"title":"Reflections on chronic hand eczema","authors":"Xiaoyu Gu, Xinquan Wang, Zhichen Li, Xuan Yang, Xiang Chen, Juan Su","doi":"10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00342-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00342-3","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22898,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143819431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The LancetPub Date : 2025-04-10DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00689-0
Rachel Clarke
{"title":"On a mission to reinvigorate anatomy | Gabriel Weston, ALIVE: An Alternative Anatomy, Jonathan Cape/Vintage (2025), p. 304, £20·00, ISBN: 9781787330603","authors":"Rachel Clarke","doi":"10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00689-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00689-0","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22898,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":"60 5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143819593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The LancetPub Date : 2025-04-10DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00490-8
Lola Ayanda, Tricia Young
{"title":"The USA and the plight of children in a humanitarian crisis","authors":"Lola Ayanda, Tricia Young","doi":"10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00490-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00490-8","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22898,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143819592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The LancetPub Date : 2025-04-10DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00616-6
Ibrahima Sy, Samba Cor Sarr, Amadou Doucouré
{"title":"Strengthening health systems and accountability: Senegal's path to success in reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health","authors":"Ibrahima Sy, Samba Cor Sarr, Amadou Doucouré","doi":"10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00616-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00616-6","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":22898,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143819583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The LancetPub Date : 2025-04-10DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00152-7
Emile Malembi, Roser Escrig-Sarreta, Jackie Ntumba, Camila G Beiras, Robert Shongo, Justin Bengehya, Charles Nselaka, Elisabeth Pukuta, Daniel Mukadi-Bamuleka, Noëlla Mulopo-Mukanya, Xinying Leng, Clara Pérez-Mañá, Cristina Galván-Casas, Susana Muñoz, Steeven Bilembo-Kitwanda, Pierre Kitha, Vivi Maketa, Patrick Mitashi, Aruna Abedi, Justus Nsio, Jacques Daudi Cinyabuuma
{"title":"Clinical presentation and epidemiological assessment of confirmed human mpox cases in DR Congo: a surveillance-based observational study","authors":"Emile Malembi, Roser Escrig-Sarreta, Jackie Ntumba, Camila G Beiras, Robert Shongo, Justin Bengehya, Charles Nselaka, Elisabeth Pukuta, Daniel Mukadi-Bamuleka, Noëlla Mulopo-Mukanya, Xinying Leng, Clara Pérez-Mañá, Cristina Galván-Casas, Susana Muñoz, Steeven Bilembo-Kitwanda, Pierre Kitha, Vivi Maketa, Patrick Mitashi, Aruna Abedi, Justus Nsio, Jacques Daudi Cinyabuuma","doi":"10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00152-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00152-7","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Background</h3>Mpox, caused by the monkeypox virus, is a serious public health threat in Africa, especially in DR Congo. Previously limited to endemic areas with clade 1a, monkeypox virus has recently spread to non-endemic regions, where clade 1b has emerged. This study provides a clinical comparison of mpox cases in DR Congo regions where clade 1a and clade 1b are prevalent.<h3>Methods</h3>We conducted a retrospective observational study, analysing PCR-confirmed mpox cases reported from sentinel health zones in seven provinces between Oct 1, 2023, and Sept 31, 2024. Cases from the newly affected provinces (South-Kivu and Kinshasa) were described along with those from four endemic provinces (Mai-Ndombe, Tshuapa, Tshopo, South-Ubangi, and Équateur). Surveillance data, including type of exposure, demographic details, clinical presentation, complications, and outcomes were collected from national surveillance systems and local health facilities, with laboratory confirmation using quantitative PCR. All analyses were restricted to descriptive statistics.<h3>Findings</h3>Of 17 927 suspected cases identified, 10 986 were investigated, 5948 were PCR-positive, and 4895 met the inclusion criteria based on data completeness: 4436 in newly affected and 459 in endemic regions. In newly affected provinces, median age was 20 years (IQR 8–28), 2119 (47·8%) participants were female, and 2310 (52·1%) were male. In endemic provinces, median age was 15 years (7–26), 179 (39·0%) participants were female, and 277 (60·3%) were male. Direct or intimate human contact was reported by 1951 (44·0%) individuals in newly affected provinces versus 25 (5·4%) in endemic provinces, and zoonotic exposure in 11 (0·2%) and 99 (21·6%), respectively. The proportions of partcipants with systemic symptoms (3828 [86·3%] in newly affected provinces and 427 [93·0%] in endemic provinces) and respiratory symptoms (2450 [55·2%] and 219 [47·7%]), and median skin lesion counts (91 [IQR 37–200] and 163 [95–345]) were similar between newly affected and endemic regions. Complications included skin infections (2041 [46·0%] in newly affected provinces and 201 [43·8%] in endemic provinces), respiratory distress (82 [1·8%] and 29 [6·3%]), vision impairment (7 [0·2%] and 28 [6·1%]), and prostration (695 [15·7%] and 51 [11·1%]). The case-fatality rate was 0·7% (95% CI 0·4–1·3; 14 of 1924) in children and 0·6% (0·3–1·0; 14 of 2483) in adults in newly affected areas, compared with 5·9% (3·4–10·0; 14 of 236) in children and 2·7% (1·1–6·1; six of 222) in adults in endemic regions. Content note: this Article and its appendix contain graphic images of mpox lesions affecting various sites including the face and genitals.<h3>Interpretation</h3>Our study indicates concurrent mpox outbreaks in DR Congo, involving younger individuals, a higher proportion of women and girls, and distinct presentations with higher lesion counts and respiratory symptoms compared with clade 2b lineage B.1 outbreaks. The high propo","PeriodicalId":22898,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143819599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}