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Attiéké, a local processed cassava roots took place in population dietary habit. This widely consumed street vended attiéké is sometimes contaminated by chemical compounds and bacteria due to the growth soil and poor hygiene during processing. This study was carried out to assess the heavy metals and microbial contamination of fermented dough and attiéké sold in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. A total of 60 samples of fermented cassava dough and attiéké were collected and tested by flame atomic absorption spectrometry for contamination by cadmium, lead and aluminum. Contamination by Escherichia coli, coliforms, Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella spp. was carried out by microbiological standard methods. Dough samples means contamination by lead, cadmium and aluminum levels were respectively of 0.738, 0.006 and 1.011 mg/kg and 0.393; 0.003 and 0.492 mg /kg for attiéké. Staphylococcus aureus was detected in all samples with an average load of 1.80x104 CFU.g-1 in the dough and 1.49x104 CFU.g-1 in the attiéké. Thermotolerant coliforms were detected in 15% of the dough samples with an average load of 0.015x102 CFU.g-1 . Salmonella was not detected. Contamination of dough and attiéké indicated a need of awareness on cassava, good agricultural and good hygienic practices during cassava processing into attiéké.&nbsp

Aims: This study determined prevalence and possible risk factors associated with HAV infection and compared Immunochromatography (IgG) rapid point of care test with standard ELISA test for diagnosis. Study Design: Cross sectional epidemiological survey. Place and duration of Study: The study was carried out at the Samandin Medical Center (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso), from July 2017 to December 2017. Methodology: A total of 180 pregnant women were recruited at the Samandin Medical Center. Anti-HAV IgM and IgG detection tests were performed using AccuDiag™ HAV ELISA kit (Calabasas, CA, USA) and SD BIOLINE HAV IgG/IgM Rapid Diagnostic Test (Gyeonggi-do, Korea). Results: IgG anti-HAV antibodies (AccuDiag Elisa) were found with a prevalence of 88.9% (160/180) and Anti-HAV IgM were 1.1% (2/180). Of the 160 AccuDiag HAV IgG positive samples, 44.4% (80/180) tested positive using SD BIOLINE Diagnostics HAV IgG. Regarding risk factors, 86.9% (86/99) of the IgG positive women were illiterate; 90.7% (39/43) lived mostly in peripheral areas; 89.2% (74/83) were household workers and 88.6% (93/105) used fountain water. Conclusion: Our results demonstrated poor agreement between the assays tested, which are consistent with previous reports demonstrating significant variability between HAV ELISA and RDT HAV. Moreover, the detection of HAV specific IgM antibodies in two asymptomatic pregnant women signaled the current circulation of HAV in this area.