[First cases of cholera observed in children at the Befelatanana General Hospital--Antananarivo University Hospital Center (Madagascar)].

Ravages caused by cholera among children are well known. The disease invaded Madagascar in 1999 May. This retrospective study reported the first childhood cholera cases.

[Epidemiological aspects of tuberculosis in middle west of Madagascar].

We conducted a 5-year (1989-1993) retrospective analysis on a series of patients screened and treated for tuberculosis in order to determine the epidemiological aspects of the disease in mid-western Madagascar. Pulmonary forms affected 97% of patients, and predominantly men (sex ratio: 1.4); 83% of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis were coughing up acido-alcoholo-resitant bacilli.

[Leprosy situation in the southeastern region of Madagascar from 1996 to 1998].

Leprosy is endemic in Madagascar. The authors report the results of an epidemiologic study performed between 1996 and 1998 in Farafanguna, localized in the South-Eastern of the country. During this period, 217 new cases have been diagnosed.

[Leprosy surgery: retrospective study in Madagascar].

Leprosy is endemic in Madagascar and the diagnosis of leprosy is still done lately. Thus, many patients suffer from multiple and/or severe disabilities. Since a long time, many leprologists argue that surgery is necessary and useful in the treatment of these disabilities.