Publications by authors named "E Rigaud"
BackgroundLyme borreliosis (LB) is the most common tick-borne disease (TBD) in France. Forestry workers are at high risk of TBD because of frequent exposure to tick bites.AimWe aimed to estimate the seroprevalence of sensu lato and tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) antibodies among forestry workers in northern France.
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- A study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of Puumala virus (PUUV) among 1777 forestry workers in northern France, focusing on sociodemographic risk factors.
- The research found an overall seroprevalence of 5% in northeastern France, with a notable absence of cases in northwestern France, suggesting regional differences in virus circulation.
- Age, sex, and years of experience in forestry were identified as factors linked to increased seropositivity, indicating that even non-endemic regions may have low levels of PUUV circulation.
This paper presents an innovative forced oscillations dynamic tribometer, the CHRONOS tribometer, with a lubricated ball-on-flat contact configuration fitted out with an in situ optical visualization system and a triggered high-speed camera. The CHRONOS tribometer generates controlled oscillating kinematics by means of a shaker with a range of strokes from 5 μm to 2.5 mm and an oscillation frequency which can be adjusted from 5 Hz to 250 Hz.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn order to assess the level of occupational exposure to the main pathogens transmitted by the Ixodes ricinus tick, a seroprevalence study was performed on serum samples collected in 2003 from 2975 forestry workers of northeastern France. The global seroprevalence estimated for the seven pathogens studied was 14.1% (419/2975) for Borrelia burgdorferi sl, 5.
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