Publications

[intestinal parasitosis in french west indies: endemic evolution from 1991 to 2003 in the university hospital of pointe-a-pitre, guadeloupe].	guadeloupe is one of the french west indies, where, until 1960, intestinal parasitic infections were endemic. in the microbiological laboratory of the university hospital of the island, we carried out a retrospective study of the 17,660 stool examinations received from 1991 to 2003. all the stool specimens were examined using at least a wet mount preparation and a concentration method (bailenger). specific techniques such as ziehl-neelsen modified acid fast stain, chromotrope staining procedure ...	2006	17111973
new evidence of entamoeba histolytica infections in pre-columbian and colonial cemeteries in the caribbean.	elisa was used to test the presence of the human pathogenic amoeba entamoeba histolytica in archaeological samples from 2 cemeteries in guadeloupe, in the caribbean. results show that 15.9% of the population was infected during the colonial period, a value comparable to the current rates observed in humans in adjacent countries. this study also confirms the presence of the current strain of e. histolytica in pre-columbian south america before the european colonization in the 15th century and rai ...	2014	24766261