OBJECTIVE To explore the extent to which male clients of prostitutes have a role as a bridge in the spread of HIV into the general population of Dakar, Senegal. METHODS A sexual behaviour HIV prevalence survey was carried out among clients of female prostitutes working in brothels recruited outside the prostitutes' rooms after the encounter. All men entering the house and leaving the women's ...

Growth and maturation during adolescence has not been well described in rural African populations, although it may represent the missing link between high levels of preschool stunting and nearly 'normal' adult heights. In 1995 the homes of subjects aged 10.3-17.5 years, living in a rural area of Senegal, were visited, and all adolescents present, 1527 boys and 1126 girls, were included in the a...

On August 29, 2014, Senegal confirmed its first case of Ebola virus disease (Ebola) in a Guinean man, aged 21 years, who had traveled from Guinea to Dakar, Senegal, in mid-August to visit family. Senegalese medical and public health personnel were alerted about this patient after public health staff in Guinea contacted his family in Senegal on August 27. The patient had been admitted to a refer...

The capture of four abnormal specimens the Striped panray, Zanobatus schoenleiniii was reported from shallow coastal waters surrounding touristic area Dakar, Republic Senegal, and among them, some displaying morphological deformities. A specimen exhibited a pectoral non-adherent to head, second tailless, two displayed scoliosis at level trunchal vertebrae tail. abnormalities are described their...