[ takes a stand against editorial predation].

Warnings against predatory journals get stronger. Designed to capture manuscripts with the promise of rapid publication, the main aim of these journals is to charge abusive publication fees. Sometimes boasting imaginary impact factors, they are not indexed and offer no guarantee of visibility, accessibility or durability of the published article.

[Laveran and the eradication of malaria in Corsica].

The observation of miasmas and fevers was attested in the region of Biguglia, South of Bastia, in 1499, confirmed during the 17 century. Drainage works on the eastern coast were started in 1770, abandoned during the revolutionary period, restarted under the Second Empire, with few results on the endemic. Thus in 1875, 80% of the inhabitants of the eastern plain were considered on their appearance to suffer malaria.

[A mobile care unit dedicated to airbone infections].

A mobile care unit has been designed for infectious patients care in a humanitarian setting. Six individual compartments are grouped together in the main tent of 54 m under negative air pressure. The principle of walking from clean to dirty is respected.

The case-area targeted rapid response strategy to control cholera in Haiti: a four-year implementation study.

Background: In October 2010, Haiti was struck by a large-scale cholera epidemic. The Haitian government, UNICEF and other international partners launched an unprecedented nationwide alert-response strategy in July 2013. Coordinated NGOs recruited local rapid response mobile teams to conduct case-area targeted interventions (CATIs), including education sessions, household decontamination by chlorine spraying, and distribution of chlorine tablets.

No Evidence of Significant Levels of Toxigenic V. cholerae O1 in the Haitian Aquatic Environment During the 2012 Rainy Season.

Background: On October 21, 2010, Haiti was struck by a cholera epidemic for the first time in over a century. Epidemiological and molecular genetic data have clearly demonstrated that the bacterium was imported. Nevertheless, the persistence of the epidemic for more than two years, the high incidence rates in some coastal areas and the seasonal exacerbations of the epidemic during the rainy seasons have prompted us to examine the levels of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae in the Haitian aquatic environment.

The dry season in haiti: a window of opportunity to eliminate cholera.

Background: Since the beginning of the cholera epidemic in Haiti, attack rates have varied drastically with alternating peak and lull phases, which were partly associated with the fluctuating dry, rainy and cyclonic seasons. According to a study conducted in 2012, the toxigenic V. cholerae O1 strain responsible for the outbreak did not settle at a significant level in the Haitian aquatic environment.

Use of a histidine-rich protein 2-based rapid diagnostic test for malaria by health personnel during routine consultation of febrile outpatients in a peripheral health facility in Yaounde, Cameroon.

The role of a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) in the case management of Plasmodium falciparum malaria infections has not been determined in Africa. Our study was conducted during November 2007-January 2008 to assess test accuracy of an RDT in the management of febrile outpatients in a peripheral urban health facility in Cameroon. We found the overall sensitivity to be 71.

Efficacy of antimalarial chemoprophylaxis for travelers.

Nine of 26 French tourists developed malaria after a 2-week stay under field conditions in a highly endemic place in Burkina Faso. A study of their preventive antimalarial measures identified a strong association of malaria attack with absence or inadequacy of chemoprophylaxis but not with mechanic measures.

Rabies postexposure prophylaxis in returned injured travelers from France, Australia, and New Zealand: a retrospective study.

Background: There is little published information available describing rabies pre- and postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) in tourists returning to their home country and seeking care for animal-associated injuries, especially those associated with a rabies risk.

Method: We analyzed 261 travelers seeking care on returning to their home country following an animal-related injury acquired abroad. Information on individual cases of rabies (PEP) including preexposure status, type of contact with a potentially rabid animal, type of animal, and the nature of rabies PEP was collected by retrospectively analyzing records from May 1997 to May 2005.

Animal-associated injuries and related diseases among returned travellers: a review of the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network.

Background: Increased travel to exotic destinations around the world is escalating the risk of exposure to animal-associated injuries with a risk of acquiring rabies.

Methods: We have examined data reported to GeoSentinel Surveillance Network to highlight characteristics of animal-associated injuries in travellers.

Results: A total of 320 cases were reported from 1998 to 2005.

Evaluation of a real-time PCR assay for malaria diagnosis in patients from Vietnam and in returned travellers.

Real-time PCR diagnosis of malaria has advantages over traditional microscopic methods, especially when parasitaemia is low and when dealing with mixed infections. We have developed a new real-time PCR with specific genes in each Plasmodium species present only in one copy to identify the four pathogenic Plasmodium spp. for humans.

Fever in travelers returning from tropical areas: prospective observational study of 613 cases hospitalised in Marseilles, France, 1999-2003.

Background: Febrile travelers may pose a diagnostic challenge for Western physicians who are frequently involved in the assessment of these patients but unfamiliar with tropical diseases. Evaluation of this situation requires an understanding of the common etiologies, which are associated with the demographics of travelers and the destinations.

Methods: We conducted a 5-year prospective observational study on the etiologies of fever in travelers returning from the tropics admitted to the infectious and tropical diseases unit of a university teaching hospital in Marseilles, France.

Hypertriglyceridemia as an indicator of the severity of falciparum malaria in returned travelers: a clinical retrospective study.

To test the hypothesis that the magnitude of plasma triglyceride changes could be related to the severity of falciparum malaria, we performed a retrospective case-control study from January 1999 to December 2000 among hospitalized patients with fever who were returning to France from the tropics. Plasma triglycerides were measured in patients with severe falciparum malaria ( n=13), mild falciparum malaria ( n=169), non- falciparum malaria ( n=20) and controls ( n=55). Triglyceride level was significantly higher in the malaria group than in controls [mean values were 2.

[Yanomami children's nutritional status in the middle Rio Negro, Brazilian Amazônia].

The nutritional status of 290 Yanomami Amerindians children, from birth to about six year-olds, living in the middle Rio Negro, Brazilian Amazonia, has been studied in 1998 and 1999 using the weight-for-height. All of them were of low stature. Twenty malnourished (7%), defined as below two standard deviations of NCHS' data, have been observed.