Études et publications

EPLS a réalisé de nombreuses études sous l’égide du Ministère des Affaires Etrangères Français, de la Communauté Européenne, et de l’Organisation Mondiale de la Santé (OMS). Depuis 1992, EPLS a réalisé plus de 50 programmes de recherche appliquée dans la vallée du fleuve, dont les résultats ont donné lieu à près de 100 publications dans des revues scientifiques et médicales internationales à comité de lecture.

Publications

Evaluation of antibody response to Plasmodium falciparum in children according to exposure of Anopheles gambiae or Anopheles funestus vectors

Sarr JB, Remoue F, Samb B, Dia I, Guindo S, Sow C, Maiga S, Tine S, Thiam C, Schacht AM, Simondon F, Konate L, Riveau G.

Malaria Journal., 2007, 6:117-125 (PMID : )

In sub-Saharan areas, malaria transmission was mainly ensured by Anopheles. gambiae s.l. and Anopheles. funestus vectors. The immune response status to Plasmodium falciparum was evaluated in children living in two villages where malaria transmission was ensured by dissimilar species of Anopheles vectors (An. funestus vs An. gambiae s.l.). METHODS: A multi-disciplinary study was performed in villages located in Northern Senegal. Two villages were selected: Mboula village where transmission is strictly ensured by An. gambiae s.l. and Gankette Balla village which is exposed to several Anopheles species but where An. funestus is the only infected vector found. In each village, a cohort of 150 children aged from one to nine years was followed during one year and IgG response directed to schizont extract was determined by ELISA. RESULTS: Similar results of specific IgG responses according to age and P. falciparum infection were observed in both villages. Specific IgG response increased progressively from one-year to 5-year old children and then stayed high in children from five to nine years old. The children with P. falciparum infection had higher specific antibody responses compared to negative infection children, suggesting a strong relationship between production of specific antibodies and malaria transmission, rather than protective immunity. In contrast, higher variation of antibody levels according to malaria transmission periods were found in Mboula compared to Gankette Balla. In Mboula, the peak of malaria transmission was followed by a considerable increase in antibody levels, whereas low and constant anti-malaria IgG response was observed throughout the year in Gankette Balla. CONCLUSION: This study shows that the development of anti-malaria antibody response was profoundly different according to areas where malaria exposure is dependent with different Anopheles species. These results are discussed according to i) the use of immunological tool for the evaluation of malaria transmission and ii) the influence of Anopheles vectors species on the regulation of antibody responses to P. falciparum.

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Association between serum cytokine profiles and schistosomiasis-related hepatic fibrosis: infection by S. japonicum versus S. mansoni.

Bonnard P, Remoué F, Schacht AM, Pialoux G, Riveau G.

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2006, 193 : 748-750 (PMID : 16453272)

In the 1 August 2005 issue of the Journal, Coutinho et al. described, in patients infected by Schistosoma japonicum, a correlation between the levels of certain cytokines and the presence of hepatic fibrosis (HF) [1]: they found that the levels of both interleukin (IL)–1 and IL-6 were higher in patients with HF than in patients without HF, and they also reported that the presence of HF was negatively correlated with body-mass index...

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