| [ecology of tick-borne arboviruses in the central african republic]. | ticks have been collected on cattle skins for seven consecutive years in bangui, berberati, bangassou and bouar. 150 strains of arboviruses have been isolated from the four following species: amblyomma variegatum: dugbe, jos, thogoto, crimean-congo hemorragic fever (cchf), yellow fever, bhanja and pétévo; boophilus annulatus: dugbe, jos and thogoto; b. decoloratus: dugbe, jos, thogoto and cchf; hyalomma nitidum: cchf. dugbe (112 isolated strains), jos (19 isolates) and thogoto (11 isolates) viru ... | 1985 | 4028317 |
| enterohaemorrhagic escherichia coli in central african republic. | a dysentery outbreak in the central african republic village of zemio was diagnosed as "shigella flexneri" by the pasteur institute in bangui (ipb) in february 1996; 2 months later there was an outbreak of hemorrhagic colitis. 108 patients presented with bloody diarrhea; cramping abdominal pain, fever, nausea, and vomiting were uncommon. the illness lasted between 5 days and 3 weeks (average, 8 days). antibiotics were ineffective. four patients died and several developed hemolytic-uremic syn ... | 1997 | 9186391 |
| in memoriam: jean blancou, dvm, 1936-2010. world authority on rabies, historian and former director general of the world organisation for animal health (office international des épizooties: oie). | jean-marie blancou was born in bangui on 28 august 1936 and passed away in paris on 10 november 2010 at the age of 74. after studying at the pierre de fermat lycée in toulouse, jean blancou graduated from the toulouse veterinary school in 1960. he continued his studies in tropical veterinary medicine in paris until 1963, extending his knowledge of immunology, microbiology, biochemistry and zoology, at the institut pasteur. he obtained his doctorate in biological sciences at the university of nan ... | 2011 | 21240856 |