Publications

toxoplasmosis seroprevalence in urban rodents: a survey in niamey, niger.	a serological survey of toxoplasma gondii was conducted on 766 domestic and peridomestic rodents from 46 trapping sites throughout the city of niamey, niger. a low seroprevalence was found over the whole town with only 1.96% of the rodents found seropositive. however, differences between species were important, ranging from less than 2% in truly commensal mastomys natalensis, rattus rattus and mus musculus, while garden-associated arvicanthis niloticus displayed 9.1% of seropositive individuals. ...	2013	23828008
urban market gardening and rodent-borne pathogenic leptospira in arid zones: a case study in niamey, niger.	leptospirosis essentially affects human following contact with rodent urine-contaminated water. as such, it was mainly found associated with rice culture, recreational activities and flooding. this is also the reason why it has mainly been investigated in temperate as well as warm and humid regions, while arid zones have been only very occasionally monitored for this disease. in particular, data for west african countries are extremely scarce. here, we took advantage of an extensive survey of ur ...	2015	26437456