| [serological survey for arbovirus antibodies in the human and simian populations of the south-east of gabon (author's transl)]. | a serological survey for arbovirus antibodies was carried out in human and simian populations of the south-east of gabon. 197 human sera (adults), 34 simian sera (collected in the monkey colony of the centre international de recherches médicales de franceville) and 28 paired sera of mothers and their new-borns (samples collected from the umbilical cord) were tested using haemagglutination inhibition (hi) for all sera and complement fixation test (cf) for some of them. in the human population, 88 ... | 1982 | 6809352 |
| haemorrhagic fever in gabon. i. incidence of lassa, ebola and marburg viruses in haut-ogooué. | a serological enquiry aimed at determining the incidence of infection with lassa, ebola and marburg viruses was conducted on the human population of the region of haut-ogooué (gabon) and on primates. the results, obtained by the indirect immunofluorescence technique, showed that more than 6% of the human population had had contact with ebola virus but no antibodies against marburg or lassa viruses were found. most sera reacted to an ebola antigen from a zairian strain, but showed little or no re ... | 1982 | 7164137 |
| lack of malaria parasite transmission between apes and humans in gabon. | the international center for medical research (cirmf) is located in an area highly endemic for malaria in southeastern gabon, where humans and apes (gorillas and chimpanzees) are living in the same geographic area. the presence of the cirmf primate center housing apes (59 chimpanzees and nine gorillas in 1994) within the city of franceville provided an opportunity to investigate the capability of cross-transmission of malaria species from humans to apes. the main vector of human malaria, anophel ... | 1997 | 9158055 |
| contraception in the chimpanzee: 12-year experience at the cirmf primate centre, gabon. | the primate centre of the international center for medical research in franceville, gabon (cirmf) has had a chimpanzee (pan troglodytes) colony for more than 20 years. a contraceptive policy was started in 1990, following a rapid increase in the number of individuals in the 1980s. intrauterine devices were first used in 24 females; 10 failures occurred over a period of about 4 years. depo-provera was then used in 28 chimpanzees for between 4 months and 4 years; 10 failures occurred, the animals ... | 2005 | 15667341 |