Publications by authors named "A-L Banuls"
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- Carbapenem resistance poses a significant public health risk in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly at the intersections of human, animal, and environmental factors, as shown in a study conducted in Djibouti City.
- The study analyzed 1650 samples, including urine, hospital specimens, livestock feces, fish, and water, revealing a low overall prevalence of 1.9% CP-GNB, with higher rates in fish (11.7%) and water (10%).
- Genome sequencing identified key bacterial species associated with resistance and indicated the presence of epidemic clones, suggesting horizontal gene transfer plays a role in the spread of carbapenem resistance across different environments.
Visceral leishmaniasis is not endemic in West Africa. However, high seroprevalence of Leishmania infantum infection (one of the Leishmania species that cause visceral leishmaniasis) was detected in dogs and humans in the Mont Rolland community (close to Thiès, Senegal), despite the lack of reports concerning human clinical cases. Our aim was to genetically characterize this L.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The recent geographical expansion of phlebotomine vectors of Leishmania infantum in the Mediterranean subregion has been attributed to ongoing climate changes. At these latitudes, the activity of sand flies is typically seasonal; because seasonal phenomena are also sensitive to general variations in climate, current phenological data sets can provide a baseline for continuing investigations on sand fly population dynamics that may impact on future scenarios of leishmaniasis transmission. With this aim, in 2011-2013 a consortium of partners from eight Mediterranean countries carried out entomological investigations in sites where L.
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