BACKGROUND The International Shark Attack File mentions only four unprovoked shark attacks on the coast of West Africa during the period 1828-2004, an area where high concentrations of sharks and 17 species potentially dangerous to man have been observed. To investigate if the frequency of shark attacks could be really low and not just under-reported and whether there are potentially sharks tha...

Arbuscularmycorrhizal symbiosis can counterbalance thenegative in£uenceofthe exotic tree speciesEucalyptus camaldulensis on the structureand functioning of soilmicrobial communities ina sahelian soil Marija Kisa, Arsene Sanon, Jean Thioulouse, Komi Assigbetse, Samba Sylla, Rodolphe Spichiger, Lamine Dieng, Jacques Berthelin, Yves Prin, Antoine Galiana, Michel Lepage & Robin Duponnois IRD, UMR 0...

Introduction: L’activité sexuelle chez les jeunes les expose à un accroissement du risque de contracter des grossesses non désirées. Le recours à l’avortement clandestin avec son corollaire de complications peut entrainer le décès de la jeune femme. Avortement et infanticide sont interdits et sanctionnés par la loi sénégalaise. Comment ces jeunes femmes vivent-elles leur détention ? Existe-il d...

Streptococcus pyogenes (S. pyogenes) is the most important causative agent of tonsillopharyngitis. Beta-lactam antibiotics, particularly penicillin, are the drug of first choice and macrolides are recommended for patients who are allergic to penicillin. However, other antibiotics are also used for the treatment of streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis. In recent years, the increase in the incidence...

INTRODUCTION The objective of this study was to measure the rate of asymptomatic carriage of plasmodium in the Dakar region two years after the implementation of new strategies in clinical malaria management. METHODOLOGY Between October and December 2008, 2952 households selected in 50 sites of Dakar area, were visited for interviews and blood sampling. Giemsa-stained thick blood smears (TBS)...

persistent organic pollutants (pops) have widely aroused public concern due to their ubiquity,environmental persistence, long-range transportability, bioaccumulation capacities and potentially adverse effectson living organisms. dakar is located in the industrial zone of senegal (80% of industrial activities) and inhabits25% of senegalese population leading to an ideal sink of these persistent ...

1 Postgraduate Studies Program in Cardiology, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, R. Ramiro Barcelos 2600, 90035-003 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil 2 National Institute for Health Technology Assessment (IATS/CNPq), Hospital de Cĺınicas de Porto Alegre, R. Ramiro Barcelos 2350, 90035-003 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil 3 Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, 677...

BACKGROUND Older adults are disproportionately affected by hypertension, which is an established risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Despite these facts, no study of the prevalence, awareness, treatment and control on arterial hypertension in Senegal has been conducted, specifically among elderly people. METHODS Five hundred people aged 50 years and older, living in the city of Dakar were...

Objective: To describe the epidemiological, clinical and prognosis aspects of tetanus in patients hospitalized at the Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit of Treichville Teaching Hospital. Methods: A retrospective study of the medical records of all patients hospitalized between 2005 and 2014. The “Dakar prognosis score” was established on the basis of six parameters: incubation period, durati...