BACKGROUND The causative agent of canine babesiosis is the protozoan Babesia canis, transmitted by the tick Dermacentor reticulatus within France. While the parasite can be found everywhere in France however cases of infection are associated with distinct geographical foci. The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical occurrence of canine babesiosis diagnosed in veterinary clinics in order...

In October 2014, an outbreak of 12 autochthonous chikungunya cases, 11 confirmed and 1 probable, was detected in a district of Montpellier, a town in the south of France colonised by the vector Aedes albopictus since 2010. A case returning from Cameroon living in the affected district was identified as the primary case. The epidemiological investigations and the repeated vector control treatmen...

Artificial neural network is considered one of the most efficient methods in processing huge data sets that can be analyzed computationally to reveal patterns, trends, prediction, forecasting etc. It has a great prospective in engineering as well as in medical applications. The present work employs artificial neural network-based curve fitting techniques in prediction and forecasting of the Cov...

Cystic fibrosis (CF, OMIM 219700) is one of the most common severe hereditary diseases occurring in white populations. It is characterised by considerable heterogeneity in the mutational spectrum and a diverse phenotypic presentation, which justifies extensive studies on the correlation between the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR) genotype and the CF phenotype. Genotype-phenotype ...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis E was found in people living in industrialized countries who had not travelled to highly endemic areas. OBJECTIVES To study the cases of acute hepatitis E confirmed thanks to viral genomic detection over a 5 years period in south-west France. STUDY DESIGN 62 cases of hepatitis E were identified between 2003 and 2007. Their demographic, clinical, and virological features...

This paper forms part of a wider study of migrant identity within the context of British lifestyle migration to south-west France. The aim is to situate the research within its wider social context by examining media representations of British migration to France. Extracts from selected media discourse are analysed using elements from the Appraisal framework and from van Leeuwen’s Social Actor ...

Two groups of Anopheles claviger sensu stricto Meigen (Diptera: Culicidae) were recently found in France, representing unclear genetic entities. To better understand this situation, sampling was extended to 13 European countries, and 47 samples were analyzed by investigating the polymorphism of 11 autosomal and 1 sex-linked allozyme loci. Genetic differentiation, as measured by F(st), between t...