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The reservoir of Marburg virus identified in a species of fruit bat

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Health - South Africa, Angola, Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe

August 2007

IRD researchers working along with the ‘Centre international de recherches médicales de Franceville (CIRMF)’ of Gabon and the ‘Centre for Disease Control (CDC)’ based in Atlanta recently identified a species of fruit bat as reservoir of Marburg virus.

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Climatic variations influence the emergence of cholera in Africa

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Health, Ocean, climate, impacts - Togo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Bangladesh

July 2007

Cholera is an acute intestinal infection caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. It is rife mainly in the tropical regions where it affects 100 000 people per year. Previous studies in Bangladesh and South America have shown the existence of a relation between climatic variations and the ...

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Malaria: effective insecticide-repellent synergy against mosquito vectors

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Health - Benin, Burkina Faso

June 2007

Abusive and inappropriate use of some insecticides, particularly pyrethroids, has caused resistance to develop among certain populations of disease-vector mosquitoes. These insects become insensitive to treatments applied to them. IRD researchers and their partners (1) devised a new control ...

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Meningitis: effectiveness of preventive vaccination demonstrated

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Health - Senegal

March 2007

In sub- Saharan Africa, in the region known as the “Meningitis Belt”, control of this disease is fuelling debate on the appropriate vaccination strategies to adopt: emergency vaccination, when an epidemic breaks out, or systematic, routine preventive vaccination? The only vaccine available on ...

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The insect vector always bites twice

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Health - Senegal

March 2007

Vector-borne diseases, such as malaria or sleeping sickness, are currently developing or spreading alarmingly in many tropical countries. The pathogens are passed on to humans by a biting insect when it takes its feed of blood. IRD immunologists, epidemiologists and entomologists are closely ...

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