Molecular epidemiology of poliovirus infection in Tunisia.

This report is an overview of poliomyelitis surveillance in Tunisia from 1991 to 1996. In all, 2088 stool specimens, collected from 152 acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases and from 1747 of their healthy contacts were investigated. Virus isolation was done systematically in RD and HEp-2C cell lines and isolated viruses were typed by sero-neutralisation as polioviruses or non-polio enteroviruses.

Seroepidemiology of hepatitis B, C and delta viruses in Tunisia.

Serum samples from 33,363 healthy people in Tunisia have been tested for serological markers of hepatitis B, C and delta viruses (HBV, HCV and HDV). Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) was detected in 6.5% of sera.

[The development of rabies in Tunisia from 1982 to 1986].

The authors describe the epidemiology of rabies disease in Tunisia since 1982, the problem of reservoirs and vectors, the production of vaccine, the diagnosis and the treatment of the disease. They note that this disease is decreasing in the animals that have bitten, nevertheless the canine rabies remains an important problem of public health in the country.