Comparative Characterization of Vibrio cholerae O1 from Five Sub-Saharan African Countries Using Various Phenotypic and Genotypic Techniques.

We used standardized methodologies to characterize Vibrio cholerae O1 isolates from Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Togo, Côte d'Ivoire and Mozambique. We investigated 257 human isolates collected in 2010 to 2013. DRC isolates serotyped O1 Inaba, while isolates from other countries serotyped O1 Ogawa.

[Reflections on the systematic screening of cervico-vaginal smears rich in polynuclear cells].

The authors sometimes see cervico-vaginal smears with too many white cells. The question is: what is the meaning of these smears, and what must be the physician's attitude? The authors try to answer this question in this paper. They find 8 p.