| current status of some zoonoses in togo. | in togo, livestock represent an important part of the national and subsistence economies. the most prevalent zoonoses documented in toga are brucellosis, tuberculosis, cysticercosis and rabies. the status of other zoonoses such as toxoplasmosis, giardiasis, cryptosporidiosis and salmonellosis is not known. a national eradication programme has been instigated to reduce the transmission of rabies. good relations exist between veterinary and health personnel in the field but this level of interacti ... | 2000 | 10913769 |
| repetitive sequences in the its1 region of the ribosomal dna of tunga penetrans and other flea species (insecta, siphonaptera). | different tunga penetrans isolates from various hosts obtained from south america (fortaleza. brazil) have been studied by nucleotide sequence comparison of the first and the second internal transcribed spacer (its1, its2) of the ribosomal deoxyribonucleic acid (rdna) and part of the mitochondrial 16s rdna. results show no significant host-dependent sequence differences. no indication for intraindividual and intraspecific polymorphisms could be detected. comparing the its1 spacer region of t. pe ... | 2008 | 17952470 |
| [epidemiology of tinea of the scalp in togo]. | in 1985, 374 children of primary schools in north and south togo were examined and sample of hair were collected on all children with small sterile squares of carpet. 11% of the children in the north (dry and urban area) and 20% in the south (wet and rural area) had obvious clinical lesions. two species of dermatophytes were isolated: microsporum langeronii and trichophyton soudanense; this second dermatophyte being uncommon in the south. moreover, 15% of the children of the north and 42% of the ... | 1988 | 3180319 |