Using remote sensing to map larval and adult populations of Anopheles hyrcanus (Diptera: Culicidae) a potential malaria vector in Southern France

Although malaria disappeared from southern France more than 60 years ago, suspicions of recent autochthonous transmission in the French Mediterranean coast support the idea that the area could still be subject to malaria transmission. The main potential vector of malaria in the Camargue area, the largest river delta in southern France, is the mosquito Anopheles hyrcanus (Diptera: Culicidae). In the context of recent climatic and landscape changes, the evaluation of the risk of emergence or re-emergence of such a major disease is of great importance in Europe. When assessing the risk of emergence of vector-borne diseases, it is crucial to be able to characterize the arthropod vector's spatial distribution. Given that remote sensing techniques can describe some of the environmental parameters which drive this distribution, satellite imagery or aerial photographs could be used for vector mapping.Journal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'tinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe

Long-term treatment with methotrexate or tumor necrosis factor α inhibitors does not increase epstein-barr virus load in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

International audienceObjective: We previously demonstrated that patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a 10-fold systemic Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) overload, very similar to that observed in healthy organ transplant recipients. Our objective was to monitor EBV load over time in patients with RA receiving methotrexate, infliximab, or etanercept to detect possible immunosuppression-associated EBV dysregulation, as described in posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease.Methods: The EBV load in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from 19 patients receiving methotrexate, 68 patients receiving infliximab, and 48 patients receiving etanercept was monitored for durations ranging from 6 months to 5 years using a real-time polymerase chain reaction assay previously developed for that purpose. The effect of treatment duration on EBV load and the link between the Disease Activity Score in 28 joints and EBV load were analyzed by generalized estimating equations.Results: Methotrexate tended to decrease EBV load over time, but this did not reach significance. Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) inhibitors did not significantly modify EBV load over time. Finally, high disease activity was significantly associated with high EBV load.Conclusion: Long-term usage of methotrexate or TNFalpha inhibitors in patients with RA does not significantly influence EBV load in PBMCs

Using remote sensing to map larval and adult populations of (Diptera: Culicidae) a potential malaria vector in Southern France-0

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Using remote sensing to map larval and adult populations of (Diptera: Culicidae) a potential malaria vector in Southern France"</p><p>http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/7/1/9</p><p>International Journal of Health Geographics 2008;7():9-9.</p><p>Published online 26 Feb 2008</p><p>PMCID:PMC2291038.</p><p></p

Lettres et épitres amoureuses d'Héloïse et d'Abeilard.

Edited by A. E. Cailleau.t. 1. Préface historique et apologétique. La vie, les amours et les infortunes d'Abeilard et d'Heloise ; Lettre d'Abeilard à son ami ; Remarque de l'editeur ; Lettres véritables d'Héloïse à Abeilard, avec les réponses d'Abeilard à Héloïse, traduits librement d'apres les lettres originales latines / par m. le comte De Bussy Rabutin ; Lettres d'Héloïse et d'Abeilard mises en vers par m. de Beauchamps, d'apres l'excellente traduction des Lettres d'Héloïse et d'Abeilard / de m. le comte de Bussy-Rabutin -- t. 2. Lettre amoureuse d'Héloïse et d'Abeilard / [traduite de l'anglais de Pope, par M.C.***] ; Lettre d'Abeilard à Héloïse / traduits librement du latin par M.C.*** ; Épitres amoureuses d'Héloïse à Abeilard, avec les réponses d'Abeilard à Héloïse, imitées et mises en vers, d'après la fameuese Lettre de Pope et les lettres originales latines / par MM. Colardeau, Dorat, Feutry, Mercier, G. Dourxigné, Saurin, C**; precédées d'une précise des amours de ces célèbres et malheureux époux ; Scenes extraites d'Héloïse et d'Abeilard, pièce dramatique, en cinq actes et en vers / par M. Guis, de l'Académie de Marseille.Mode of access: Internet