Publications

[epidemiology of alveolar echinococcosis in france. 1. intestinal helminths in the red fox (vulpes vulpes l.) from haute-savoie].	in the course of an epidemiological survey concerning the alveolar echinococcosis and its causative agent, echinococcus multilocularis, the autopsies of 150 wild red foxes captured in the department of the haute-savoie between december 1983 and august 1988 disclosed 139 cases of intestinal helminthiasis with cestodes and nematodes; no trematode was found. multiple infections were frequent. the cestoda recorded consist of the following species: taenia crassiceps: 44 cases (29%); echinococcus mult ...	1990	2344133
epidemiologic approach to human toxocariasis in western france.	toxocara canis is a common parasite in puppies. the danger to human health has not been properly established. we estimated the current incidence of this pathogen in two western districts of france, loire-atlantique and maine et loire. blood samples from 1836 eosino-philic patients were collected and tested by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) excretory-secretory toxocara antigen test. we obtained positive results in 22% of the cases and highly positive results in 7%. the elisa data se ...	1994	7809006