Monitoring forest cover and land use change in the Congo Basin under IPCC climate change scenarios.

The Congo Basin tropical forests are home to many endemic and endangered species, and a global hotspot for forest fragmentation and loss. Yet, little has been done to document the region's rapid deforestation, assess its effects and consequences, or project future forest cover loss to aid in effective planning. Here we applied the Random Forest (RF) supervised classification algorithm in Google Earth Engine (GEE) to map and quantify decadal changes in forest cover and land use (LCLU) in the Congo Basin between 1990 and 2020.

Great ape abundance and per capita carbon storage in their habitats.

The ecological importance of great apes is widely recognised, yet few studies have highlighted the role of protecting great apes' habitats in mitigating climate change, particularly through carbon sequestration. This study used GIS tools to extract data from various sources, including the International Union for Conservation of Nature database, to examine carbon quantity and great ape abundance in African great ape habitats. Subsequently, we employed a generalised linear model to assess the relationship between locally measured great ape populations abundance and carbon storage across areas with different levels of protection.

Seroprevalence of porcine cysticercosis in traditional farms in South-Eastern Côte d'Ivoire.

Background: Porcine cysticercosis is an endemic parasitic zoonosis in many developing countries. The objective of this study was to estimate the seroprevalence of porcine cysticercosis in traditional pig farms in the departments of Dabou, Aboisso and Agboville.

Methods: Blood samples were taken from pigs and analyzed by ELISA (IgG) and western blot.

In Vitro and Molecular Docking Evaluation of Larvicidal Effects of Essential Oils of Five Aromatic Plants on the Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda JE. Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from Ivory Coast.

Faced with the serious consequences resulting from the abusive and repeated use of synthetic chemicals, today rethinking crop protection is more than necessary. It is in this context that the essential oils of the Lamiaceae Ocimum gratissimum and Ocimum canum, the Poaceae Cymbopogon citratus and nardus and a Rutaceae Citrus sp. of known chemical compositions were experimented.

Assessing the effects of survey-inherent disturbance on primate detectability: Recommendations for line transect distance sampling.

Habitat destruction and over-hunting are increasingly threatening the arboreal primates of Central Africa. To establish effective conservation strategies, accurate assessments of primate density, abundance, and spatial distribution are required. To date, the method of choice for primate density estimation is line transect distance sampling.

Nitrogen and phosphorus spatio-temporal distribution and fluxes intensifying eutrophication in three tropical rivers of Côte d'Ivoire (West Africa).

Nutrient contamination assessments in the three West African tropical Comoé, Bandama, and Bia Rivers (Côte d'Ivoire) were performed from March 2016 to March 2018. Five stations per river were sampled. Nutrients spatio-temporal distributions were mapped and showed nitrogen concentrations (nitrite 0.

[Epidemioclinical and ultrasonographic profile of hydatidiform moles in Abidjan].

Introduction: The purpose of our study was to describe the epidemioclinical and ultrasonographic features of hydatidiform moles (HM) in Abidjan.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study in the Department of Radiology, University Teaching Hospital of Yopougon over a 6-year period (January 2011-December 2016). In this study we describe the epidemioclinical and ultrasonographic profile of patients with HM.

Biology of two larval morphological phenotypes of Aedes aegypti in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

Since 2008, several outbreaks of yellow fever and dengue occurred in Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire. A better knowledge of the biology of Aedes aegypti populations, the main vector of yellow fever and dengue viruses, is necessary to tailor vector control strategies implemented in the city. This study was designed to determine some biological parameters, occurring during the life cycle of two morphological phenotypes of Ae.

[The impact of urbanization on malaria infection rate and parasite density in children in the municipality of Yopougon, Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire)].

From September 23-30, 2005, we conducted a cross-sectional study in six townships of Yopougon, a municipality of Abidjan. These townships were grouped in three levels of urbanization (village, precarious township, and residential township). The main objective of this survey was to determine the impact of urbanization on the malaria infection (parasite) rate and parasite density, and their consequences on the heterogeneity of malaria transmission in urban Abidjan.

[Detection of the IS2404 insertion sequence and ketoreductase produced by Mycobacterium ulcerans in the aquatic Heteroptera in the health districts of Dabou and Tiassalé in Côte d'Ivoire].

Buruli ulcer (BU) disease, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is a major public health problem in Côte d'Ivoire. Until now, the mode of BU transmission was unknown, but recent studies implicate aquatic Heteroptera in the chain of transmission. This study was launched in Côte d'Ivoire to search for specific genetic markers for M.

[Removable prosthesis insertion steps: controls-qualifications].

Support a prosthetic edentulous patient aims to optimize the rudimentary functions of mastication and phonation. Knowing the routine procedures in dentistry is needed. These prostheses can be a source of criticism in terms of the quality of life they provide.

[Culex quinquefasciatus sensitivity to insecticides in relation to the urbanization level and sewage water in Yopougon, a township of Abidjan (Côte-d'Ivoire)].

This survey, conducted from July 2003 to June 2004, was to assess the variation of the level of sensitivity of Cx. quinquefasciatus to the pyrethroids recommended for the impregnation of the mosquito nets, in the township of Yopougon situated in the Northwest of Abidjan city in relation with the bed of a drainage channel of sewage water that passes through the township from the north to the south. Five districts have been chosen along this channel according to the level of urbanization, for the withdrawal of the pre-imaginal populations of Cx.

[Hematological abnormalities associated with pulmonary tuberculosis in persons living with human immunodeficiency virus infection in Côte d'Ivoire].

The purpose of this study was to estimate the impact of HIV infection on hematological abnormalities detected during pulmonary tuberculosis in African adults. The charts of all patients over 14 years in whom diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis was confirmed by bacilloscopy and a hemogram was performed were reviewed. Thoracic radiography demonstrated unilateral and bilateral lesions.

[Specific diversity and culicidian nuisance in the villages of N'gatty and Allaba in laguna area of Ivory Coast].

Entomological surveys were undertaken between June and December 2006 in N'gatty and Allaba. These villages are located in southern Ivory Coast in a laguna area in Dabou department. In these villages, there are large swampy areas, which have caused the multiplication of anthropophilic Culicidae.

[Influence of the temperature on the development of the African cat flea Ctenocephalides felis strongylus (Jordan, 1925) (Siphonaptera : Pulicidae)].

Ctenocephalides felis (Bouché, 1835) commonly called "cat's flea" presents two recognized subspecies: Ctenocephalides felis strongylus (Jordan, 1925), observed in the African continent, and Ctenocephalides felis felis (Bouché, 1835) in the other regions (North Africa, Europe and America) (Ménier and Beaucournu, 19991. In sub-Saharan Africa, the principal flea found in the pets and certain livestock (ovine, caprine and bovine), belongs to the subspecies C. f.

[Eco-distribution and Trypanosoma infection of Glossina palpalis palpalis in the Banco forest of and its relics, Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire)].

In order to implement an anti-vector programme in the suburb of Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire), investigations were conducted to assess the tsetse fly densities as well as infection with trypanosomes. Catches were carried out during the rainy season and dry season with Vavoua traps laid during four consecutive days in different sites (Banco forest, Abidjan zoological park, area of the University of Abobo-Adjamé). One species of tsetse fly (Glossina polpalis palpalis) and two species of trypanosomes (Trypanosoma congolense, T.

[Vectorial transmission of malaria in shrubby Savannah area at Ganse, Ivory Coast].

A longitudinal entomologic study was carried out in the village of Ganse located in the Northeastern Ivory Coast from July 2000 to July 2001. The threefold purpose of the study was to index Plasmodium-carrying Anopheles species by capturing mosquitoes on human volunteers, collecting larvae in different dwelling types, and evaluating the involvement each species in the malaria transmission. A total of 4 species belonging to the Anopheles genus were collected in the village.

[Some ecological parameters of Ctenocephalides felis strongylus (Jordan, 1925) (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae)].

Among the fleas of medico-veterinary interest, Ctenocephalides felis (Bouché, 1 835) is the one most studied. This taxon includes two subspecies: Ctenocephalides f. felis, and Ctenocephalides f.

Implementation of asthma guidelines in health centres of several developing countries.

Setting: Nine selected out-patient clinics caring for asthma patients in Algeria, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Syria, Turkey and Vietnam.

Design: Prospective enrolment of consecutive patients considered by the practitioner to have asthma with evaluation of adherence of the practitioner with recommended standard case management, including proportion of patients confirmed to have asthma, proportion in whom severity was correctly graded and proportion in whom treatment with inhaled corticosteroids corresponded to severity grade.

Results: Of 499 consecutive patients, 456 (91%) were enrolled and evaluated.

Affordability of inhaled corticosteroids as a potential barrier to treatment of asthma in some developing countries.

Setting: The cost and availability of the medications required for the treatment of asthma may represent potential barriers to effective management.

Method: A survey of prices and policies for components of asthma treatment in 1998, in Algeria, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Mali, Syria, Turkey and Vietnam.

Results: Medications were consistently available in only four of the eight countries studied.

[Analysis of new criteria for increasing the specificity of commercial Western blots].

We examined the frequency of serum cross-reactivity on Western blot for HIV1 and HIV2. 661 patients with tuberculosis in Abidjan, and 4,899 asymptomatic persons for HIV1 and HIV2 infections were tested. All specimens positive on ELISA for HIV1 or HIV2 were further characterized by synthetic peptide based tests.

[Screening for urinary schistosoma by strips reactive to hematuria. Evaluation in zones of intermediate and weak endemicity in the Ivory Coast].

Sticks Hemastix, reactive to haematuria have been tested into a focus ivory coast located in a humid savanna area. Into this focus the prevalence rate of urinary schistosomiasis (Schistosoma haematobium) was 27% taken as a whole and 40% for 5 to 19 years old persons. This study has shown that reactive sticks have a good sensitivity and an acceptable specificity compared with filtration.