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1. [A Mythological Anamnesis: from AIDS Spiders to the Bats of Ebola or Covid-19 - Revised Version of the Paper Presented at the Colloquium "Cultural and Social Perspectives on Epidemics", musée du quai Branly-Jacques-Chirac, June 27, 2019].

Author

Cros M

Subjects
Africa, Western epidemiology, Animals, Burkina Faso epidemiology, Communicable Diseases, Emerging epidemiology, Communicable Diseases, Emerging history, Congresses as Topic, Disease Vectors, Epidemics, HIV physiology, History, 21st Century, Host-Pathogen Interactions physiology, Humans, Museums, SARS-CoV-2 physiology, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome epidemiology, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome history, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome transmission, COVID-19 epidemiology, COVID-19 history, COVID-19 transmission, Chiroptera virology, Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola epidemiology, Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola history, Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola transmission, Spiders virology
Abstract

This article focuses on some representations of the origin of AIDS and Ebola in Burkina Faso, against a new background of Covid-19 which began in early 2020 in connection with two animals: the spider and the bat. These are also, if not first and foremost, heroes of oral literature (from tales to myths) from this region of West Africa. It is up to anthropologists to explore the meandering symbolism and imagination of these liminal animals that move back and forth between the worlds inhabited by humans and the "bush" worlds of non-humans. Here arises a mythological anamnesis. These "trickster" animals challenge categories and understanding of both virologists and anthropologists., Competing Interests: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare

Published
2020
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3. [Simplified vibriocidal antibody titer performed on a drop of blood].

Author

Bougoudogo F, Fournier JM, Guillou M, and Dodin A

Subjects
Animals, Cholera diagnosis, Humans, Mice, Tetrazolium Salts, Antibodies, Bacterial blood, Paper, Staining and Labeling, Vibrio cholerae immunology
Abstract

We report a simplified technique for vibriocidal antibody test in underprivileged people in tropical area. The test is performed on a drop of blood sampled on a disc of blotting paper. It avoid taking of large quantities of blood in timid underfed people who are often solicited. Its reading is rapid and easy by the naked eye owing to staining viable germs violet by the neotetrazolium succinate. Tested in mice and humans, the simplified method gave data well correlated to those obtained with the standard test on serum for vibriocidal titres higher than (or equal to) 1/40.

Published
1993

16. Prise en charge des plaies en structure d’urgence: Recommandations de la Société française de médecine d’urgence (SFMU) en partenariat avec la Société française et francophone des plaies et cicatrisations (SFFPC) et la Société française de chirurgie plastique, reconstructrice et esthétique (SOFCPRE) et le soutien de la Société française de pathologie infectieuse de langue française (SPLIF) et du Groupe francophone de réanimation et urgences pédiatriques (GFRUP)

Author

Lefort, H., Zanker, C., Fromantin, I., Claret, P.-G., Douay, B., Ganansia, O., Le Conte, P., Martinez, M., Rothman, C., Revol, M., and Valdenaire, G.

Published
2017
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41. Utilisation des prélèvements capillaires sur buvard dans le diagnostic précoce de l’infection à VIH-1 chez des enfants nés de mères infectées dans le cadre de la prévention de la transmission mère–enfant au Bénin

Author

Tchiakpe, E., Hounto-Ogouyemi, A., Diop Ndiaye, H., Diouara, A. A. M., Aïssi, A. K., Keke, R. K., Kpangon, A. A., Lafia, B., Métadokou, D., Bouraïma, B., Anthony, D., Hounsinou, A., Alao, M. J., Azondekon, A., Ahouidi, A. D., Bei, A. K., Mbengue, M. A. S., Touré Kane, C., and Zannou, D. M.

Published
2016
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