[Detection of enteroviruses in urban wastewater in Yopougon, Abidjan].

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine prevalence of enteroviruses in raw municipal wastewater and specify serotypes circulating.

Methods: After virus concentration by WHO recommend method, aqueous phase of 68 samples was inoculate on BGM, RD, L20B and Hep2 cells lines. Typing after titration was performed by microplate neutralization test with specific horse immune serum against EV (kit RIVM/WHO).

[Diagnosis of non Poliovirus enteroviruses in Abidjan from 1996 to 2004].

Non Poliovirus enteroviruses (NPEV) are infectious agents which can determine various infections. They are more and more isolated within the context of the surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) and raise a problem of antigenic identification. In Côte d'Ivoire the serotypes of NPEV circulating are unknown.

[The spread of the wild Poliovirus in the rural environment, the case of the Adzopé health district, Côte d'Ivoire].

Wild Poliovirus spreading in rural environment in Adzopé, Côte d'Ivoire In order to determine the level of wild Poliovirus spreading among rural children in an endemic poliomyelitis country 469 stools samples, from children aged between three weeks and twelve years old were processed according to WHO procedures for transportation, conservation, isolation and identification of Poliovirus. Intratypic differenciation was performed by an antigenic method using monoclonal antibodies and a genomic RFLP (Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism). 50 Poliovirus strains (10.

[Prevalence of Herpes simplex virus infection in pregnant women in Yopougon (Côte d'Ivoire)].

A transversal survey on 150 pregnant women was carried out at the P.M.I.