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Haemorrhagic fever of Creaman virus is a worse virus disease without specific care. It has been described in Africa and in some closed counties to Mali as Mauritania and. The purpose of this study was de determine the serological rate of Crimean Congo Virus Ig G among population living in agro pastoral region in Mali : "Office du Niger" and Baguineda.

[Community-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia].

We report two cases of community-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia. Although most infections occur in hospitalized patients, a few cases of community-acquired pneumonia have been described. This disease occurs predominantly in men, and is often associated with underlying conditions such as cigarette smoking, alcohol abuse, diabetes mellitus, and chronic pulmonary diseases.

10-year educational programme aimed at rheumatic fever in two French Caribbean islands.

Background: In less developed countries, rheumatic fever still occurs. We started a long-term educational programme in two French Caribbean islands that was directed at the public and at health-care workers to see whether we could reduce the incidence of rheumatic fever.

Methods: Our 10-year programme started in 1981 in Martinique and Guadeloupe, and was based in the community and in clinics and hospitals.

[Acute rheumatic fever in Martinique. Epidemiological, clinical and biological study].

An epidemiological and clinical survey of rheumatic fever was carried out in Martinique. The clinical manifestations, portal of entry and socio-economic facilitating factors appeared to be the same as those observed in metropolitan France when the disease occurred with a similar frequency. The prevalence and severity of rheumatic fever in Martinique are still high (in 1982, 49 new cases in a population of 300,000, including 12 with severe carditis), but they tend to diminish as the eradication campaign goes on.