Fatma Khrouf obtient le prix du meilleur poster du symposium « Les enjeux actuels des risques biologiques et de la sécurité sanitaire » |
Fatma Khrouf, étudiante en fin de thèse du service d'entomologie médicale du laboratoire d'épidémiologie et microbiologie vétérinaire de l'Institut Pasteur de Tunis a obtenu le prix du meilleur poster lors du symposium commun organisé par l'IPT et l'Institut Robert Koch « Les enjeux actuels des risques biologiques et de la sécurité sanitaire », les 22 et 23 septembre 2016 pour son poster "Rickettsiosis in Northern Tunisia". Découvrez le poster en accès libre sur le slideshare de l'Institut Pasteur de Tunis Résumé et auteurs du poster intitulé "Rickettsiosis in Northern Tunisia" Rickettsiosis is a vector-borne disease due to Rickettsia spp, an intracellular bacteria causing infections in human and animals. In Tunisia. Rickettsioses are one of the most important vectorial infectious diseases; more than one hundred cases being registered every year. In this context, an epidemiological survey (Multicentric study) was carried out during 2014-2015 in 5 governorates of the North of Tunisia. Suspected patients with febrile, rashes and/or eschar were subjected to a serological test (IFI) and qPCR analyses (skin biopsies). In addition, entomological survey using molecular tools were performed to identify Rickettsia in 2245 ticks infecting domestic animals. Among 40 tested patients, the seroprevalence of Rickettsia was 53.6%. By qPCR, three skin biopsies were infected by R. conorii conorii. Using qPCR, the global prevalence of Rickettsia infection in ticks was 46% with an average bacterial rate of 105 Rickettsia spp/tick. R. conorii was the most prevalent bacteria infecting ticks. Fatma Khrouf1, Youmna M'Ghirbi1, Saba ZOUARI1, Souha Bougatef2, Ali Bouattour1 1 Université Tunis El Manar, IPT, LR11IPT03, Dept of Médical Entomology 2. Observatoire Nationale des Maladies nouvelles et émergentes
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