[The prevalence of anti-hepatitis C antibodies in pregnant women and blood donors in Bénin].

In order to precise if the hepatitis C virus (HCV) represents a potentially important infection for public health in Benin, the authors have studied the seroprevalence rate of this virus in august 1991, among two groups of population in Cotonou: 349 donors of blood (including 321 males); mean of ages: 28.7 y.-o.

[The transplacental transport of Plasmodium falciparum in non-febrile parturient women in a holoendemic region].

Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia measure, placenta print on microscope slide, immunofluorescence titration of Plasmodium antibodies and electrophoresis of haemoglobin were performed in 53 mothers and their child who did not shown any clinical signs of malaria. 51% from the mothers presented a patent parasitaemia associated with a high density of schizonts on uterine villi surface. Parasite density in children's blood was low and there was no correlation between mother's parasitaemia or placental schizogonia and newborn children's parasitaemia.

[Urethral mucosal prolapse in children at the National Hospital and University Center of Cotonou. Apropos of 13 cases].

The authors report 13 cases of prolapse of the urethral mucosa. This is a benign lesion of the terminal portion of the urethra, seen above in black girls aged from 6 to 10 years. The usual presentation is vulval bleeding.