[Feeding behaviour of Anopheles funestus resting females in Senegal].

The feeding behaviour of An. funestus resting females was studied in eleven sites in Senegal along a west-east transect in two biogeographical zones (the Sudanese and Sudanese-Guinean zones) by an ELISA technique. Mosquitoes were collected by pyrethrum spray catches.

[Differential changes in IgG1 and IgG3 against a major antigen of blood stage Plasmodium falciparum (MSP1(19)) as a function of the parasite transmission period: study among immune Senegalese adults].

This study examined the evolution of P. falciparum specific IgG1 and IgG3 antibodies "before" and "after" the highest transmission period in clinically immune Senegalese adults settle in Dielmo, a holoendemic area for P. falciparum transmission.

[A comparison of 2 capture methods for sampling the population of Anopheles funestus Giles in a Sudanese savannah village (Dielmo, Senegal)].

We conducted a comparative study of two collection methods for sampling An. funestus populations--human bait catch and indoor pyrethrum spray--in the Sudanese savannah area of Senegal from April 1996 to March 1997. An.

Short report: differential evolution of immunoglobulin G1/G3 antibody responses to Plasmodium falciparum MSP1(19) over time in malaria-immune adult Senegalese patients.

This study examined the evolution of immunoglobulin (Ig) G1 and IgG3 antibodies against the asexual stage Plasmodium falciparum protein, MSP1(19), before and after a heavy malaria transmission period in clinically immune Senegalese subjects living under different epidemiological conditions. Plasma was tested for antibodies to a yeast-produced, recombinant PfMSP1(19) antigen (the Q-KNG allelic variant) that has previously been demonstrated to react with IgG1, IgG3, or both in the majority of these people. Anti-P.

First isolation of the Rift Valley fever virus from Culex poicilipes (Diptera: Culicidae) in nature.

Following the reemergence of Rift Valley fever (RVF) virus in southeastern Mauritania in 1998, an entomological survey was undertaken in the boundary area in Senegal to assess the extent of the virus circulation. During this study, RVF virus (36 strains) was isolated for the first time from Culex poicilipes in nature. The possible role of Cx.