Francis Raoul

TL;DR: Improved diagnostic technology, as well as a real increase in the infection rate and an extension to new areas, can explain that more than 500 cases of alveolar echinococcosis have been reported for these 2 decades while less than 900 cases were published for the previous 7 decades.

TL;DR: Analysis of rodent species assemblages within quantified rural landscapes in central China and eastern France shows a significant association between host species for the pathogenic helminth Echinococcus multilocularis, with prevalences of human alveolar echinococcosis and with land area under shrubland or grassland, suggesting that at the regional scale landscape can affect human disease distribution through interaction with small mammal communities and their population dynamics.

TL;DR: A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay was developed, that amplified a target repeated sequence newly identified in the genome of the common sheep strain of E. granulosus and was demonstrated to be 100% specific and also detected all necropsy-positive E.granulosUS-infected dogs.

TL;DR: Results indicate that E. multilocularis coproantigen detection in field faeces could serve for large-scale surveillance, as an alternative to necropsy, and the observed ELISA OD value distributions in high endemicity area, low endemicity areas and control area seemed representative of the distribution of adult worms in fox populations.

TL;DR: Investigating the spatial distribution of total and CaCl(2)-extracted Cd, Pb and Zn concentrations in smelter-impacted soils was investigated over a polluted site in Northern France, it is concluded that total and extracted TM concentrations are governed by different processes which act at various spatial ranges.