| [first case of an outbreak of hemorrhagic septicemia caused by pasteurella multocida serotype b6 in northern cameroon]. | for the first time in cameroon, a strain of pasteurella multocida serotype b6 was isolated from a haemorrhagic septicaemia outbreak in zebu cattle in the area of maga (far northern province). through the mouse protection test, evidence was given that there was no cross protection between this strain and the strain of pasteurella multocida serotype e6 which is used as an inactivated vaccine in cameroon. hence, it is recommended to use a combined vaccine including both serotypes for the central an ... | 1994 | 7991893 |
| ongoing transmission of onchocerca volvulus after 25 years of annual ivermectin mass treatments in the vina du nord river valley, in north cameroon. | recent reports of transmission interruption of onchocerca volvulus, the causing agent of river blindness, in former endemic foci in the americas, and more recently in west and east africa, raise the question whether elimination of this debilitating disease is underway after long-term treatment of the population at risk with ivermectin. the situation in central africa has not yet been clearly assessed. | 2016 | 26926855 |