[Epidemiological and tomodensitometric aspects of post-traumatic maxillofacial fractures in Mopti, Mali].

Introduction: facial injuries are a public health problem, both physically and psychologically, characterized by a variety of injuries and sometimes by severe esthetic or functional sequelae. The purpose of this study was to describe the epidemiological and tomodensitometric aspects of maxillofacial fractures in Mopti.

Methods: we conducted a cross-sectional and descriptive study in the Department of Radiology of the Mopti Hospital from January 2019 to December 2019.

[Role of helical computed tomography in petrous bone trauma: about 12 cases at the University Hospital Ibn Rochd of Casablanca].

Temporal bone injuries occur in 14-22% of skull fractures occurring due to head trauma. The purpose of this study is to understand the role of helical computed tomography in petrous bone trauma and to show the different types of fractures and the associated lesions. We conducted a retrospective study of 12 patients with petrous bone trauma (including 10 men and 2 women) over a period of 14 months.

Short Communication: Genetic Variation in Human Proximal Promoter and Susceptibility to HIV-1 Infection in Mali, West Africa.

It is now recognized that to fully understand the role of host genetic variation on susceptibility to HIV-1 infection, investigations must be extended to African populations. We sought to determine if genetic variation in are associated with HIV-1 infection in a West African cohort in Mali. HIV-infected and -uninfected individuals were genotyped for three common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located at positions -592 (C/A), -819 (C/T), and -1082 (G/A) of the promoter.

Where do we go from here? Prevalence of trachoma three years after stopping mass distribution of antibiotics in the regions of Kayes and Koulikoro, Mali.

Objectives: A national survey in 1997 demonstrated that trachoma was endemic in Mali. Interventions to control trachoma including mass drug administration (MDA) with azithromycin were launched in the regions of Kayes and Koulikoro in 2003. MDA was discontinued after three annual rounds in 2006, and an impact survey conducted.

[The malignant hemopathies in children: epidemiologic aspects in the Haematology and Medical Oncology Ward of Point G Hospital, Bamako, Mali (1996-2003)].

Data from developed countries place the malignant hemopathies among the most frequent cancers in children. The epidemiologic and prognostic aspects of these diseases are not well known in developing countries notably in Africa sub-Saharan countries because of lack of registry and clinical collaborative studies. Nevertheless, the good progress in the management of paediatric diseases that were a big concerns in former times authorize to think that in future, these countries will be engaged in programs to fit malignant diseases as major health problems in children.

[African histoplasmosis (Histoplasma capsulatum var. duboisii): a case report from Mali].

We report a case of disseminated African histoplasmosis with lymph node and digestive involvement in a 19-year-old man living in the Kayes district of Mali. The patient, HIV-seronegative and not otherwise immunocompromised, presented voluminous cervical and axillary adenopathies as well as retrosternal and mesenteric tumor lesions. Direct examination of biopsy tissue showed numerous specimens of Histoplasma capsulatum var.

[Case-control study of hepatitis C HBs Ag and antivirus antibodies in chronic hepatopathies].

The aim of this study is to establish the prevalence of hepatitis C HBs Ag and of anti-virus antibodies in chronic hepatopathies. The prospective case-control study was carried out on 91 patients who needed to be treated for chronic hepatopathies and 92 occasional blood donors. The search for hepatitis C HBs Ag and anti-virus antibodies was done using third generation ELISA screening.