An experimental game to assess hunter's participation in zoonotic diseases surveillance.

Background: Strengthening the surveillance of zoonotic diseases emergence in the wild meat value chains is a critical component of the prevention of future health crises. Community hunters could act as first-line observers in zoonotic pathogens surveillance systems in wildlife, by reporting early signs of the possible presence of a disease in the game animals they observe and manipulate on a regular basis.

Methods: An experimental game was developed and implemented in a forested area of Gabon, in central Africa.

Oral sedation in dentistry: evaluation of professional practice of oral hydroxyzine in the University Hospital of Rennes, France.

Purpose: Management of a child's anxiety early in their treatment is essential in dentistry. Sedative medications are used to overcome increased anxiety from previous appointments and to promote the cooperation of children during treatment. Hydroxyzine is currently prescribed to young patients as part of the first level of conscious sedation.

Impact of advice given to travelers concerning the main infectious risks associated with traveling in the tropics.

Introduction: The prevention of sanitary risks related to traveling in the tropics implies delivering a large amount of information to travelers. The objective of our study was to assess the knowledge acquired by travelers during a pre-travel consultation.

Methods: A before and after study was conducted among 202 travelers having consulted at the Tours international vaccine center.

Designs and challenges for personalized medicine studies in oncology: focus on the SHIVA trial.

Personalized medicine is defined by the National Cancer Institute as "a form of medicine that uses information about a person's genes, proteins, and environment to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease." In oncology, the term "personalized medicine" arose with the emergence of molecularly targeted agents. The prescription of approved molecularly targeted agents to cancer patients currently relies on the primary tumor location and histological subtype.

Dose standardisation of anticancer drugs.

Objective Of The Study: Body size based dosing is often used for prescribing anticancer drugs. However the scientific and the clinical rationales of this historical method have recently been criticized. As a result, alternative dosing strategies have been suggested, as flat-fixed dosing regimens, but not implemented in routine practice.