Resistance to antibiotics in humans and animals on the Cape Verde Islands.

From the Cape Verde Islands no studies are known about an efficient treatment with antibiotics and chemotherapeutics. Because of this human samples and samples of domestic animals were collected, the different bacterias were isolated and the antibiograms were analyzed by agar-diffusions-test. The human samples consisted of wound-, eye-, anal-, vaginal- and throat-smears, the animal samples consisted of jaw-, anal- and wound-smears.

Serological investigations for the cause of diarrhoea among patients and personnel in the Minna and Abeokuta Hospitals/Nigeria.

188 blood samples were investigated for antibodies against bacteria causing diarrhoea in two hospitals in Minna and Abeokuta in Nigeria. Antibodies were found against Entamoeba histolytica, Yersinia enterocolitica, Campylobacter jejuni, Salmonella typhi, Salmonella paratyphi C, Shigella dysenteriae, Shigella sonnei, Shigella boydii, Shigella flexneri and Rotavirus.

Serological investigations in Nigeria for anthropozoonoses in human sera: brucellosis, echinococcosis, toxoplasmosis, chlamydial diseases, listeriosis, rickettsiosis (Coxiella burneti and Rickettsia conori).

176 blood sera taken from patients in the hospital of Minna and Abeokuta (Nigeria) were examined for anthropozoonoses. The following positive reactions could be found: Brucella abortus 9%, Brucella melitensis 11.7%, Echinococcosis 0.

Serological testing of human blood samples for infectious diseases in the Abeokuta and the Minna Hospitals/Nigeria.

In serological investigations undertaken in two hospitals in Nigeria a total of 188 blood samples were examined and the following positive reactions for various diseases found: malaria 100%, leishmaniasis 9.5%, biharziasis 2.1%, yersinia 16.

Investigations in the problem of diarrhoea in the Melut district, South Sudan (1981-1982).

Studies of diseases associated with diarrhoea in the Melut district of South Sudan in the years 1981-1982 showed amoebic dysentery and Rota-virus to be predominate, whereby according to our previous results Yersinia, Campylobacter, Shigella and Salmonella infections also play a role. In addition other parasitological bacterial and viral-infections are presumed.

Serological investigations on syphilis in the District of Santa Cruz/Santiago (Cape Verde Islands--West Africa).

In the region of Santa Cruz on the Santiago Island 316 sera samples were examined for syphilis antibodies using the TPHA and VDRL tests. 3.8% of the samples showed positive reactions.