1. Fiche maladie | 2015.10.06

   Sleeping sickness

   Sleeping sickness, also known as African trypanosomiasis, is caused by the parasitic flagellate Trypanosoma brucei, which is injected into the body by the tsetse fly. The disease occurs only in the 36 sub-Saharan African countries exposed to the tsetse fly. Following efforts to combat the disease, the number of cases has fallen since the 90s. Currently, although 70 million people live in...

2. Fiche maladie | 2015.10.06

   Ebola

   The Ebola virus causes high fever and bleeding that can often prove fatal. The death rate varies between 30 and 90% depending on the outbreak and virus species. Bats are believed to be the natural reservoir of the Ebola virus. The virus was first discovered in 1976 following outbreaks in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Since then, there have been around 20 outbreaks in Central...

3. Fiche maladie | 2023.11.27

   Dengue

   Dengue, also known as ‘tropical flu’, is an infectious disease caused by the virus of the same name. The virus is transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes. The incidence of dengue is rising rapidly and it is currently considered a ‘re-emerging’ disease. 

4. Fiche maladie | 2019.10.16

   Chikungunya

   Chikungunya is a viral disease transmitted to humans by the bite of Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Although rarely fatal, chikungunya can cause significant pain and debilitating symptoms that affect patients' quality of life. Existing treatments are solely symptomatic. In France, the current conditions in 80% of départements are conducive to the emergence of chikungunya.

5. Fiche maladie | 2015.10.06

   Whooping cough (pertussis)

   Whooping cough, long thought of as a childhood illness, can be severe at any age. This bacterial infection is particularly dangerous, and sometimes even fatal, for unvaccinated or partially vaccinated infants and at-risk individuals such as pregnant women and elderly people. 

6. Fiche maladie | 2015.10.06

   Yellow fever

   Yellow fever is a viral disease that was first described in the mid-sixteenth century in Yucatán, Mexico. It is caused by yellow fever virus, an arbovirus (a virus transmitted by an insect vector) isolated in 1927, simultaneously in Ghana and at the Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Senegal. The disease is endemic in Africa and in Central and South America. The case fatality rate is high, fluctuating...

7. Fiche maladie | 2015.10.06

   Amebiasis

   Amebiasis is one of the most deadly parasitic diseases in the world (after malaria and schistosomiasis). Around 10% of the global population is thought to be infected with parasitic amoebae of the genus Entamoeba, the most pathogenic of which is Entamoeba histolytica, the amebiasis agent. Infection is often asymptomatic but it may result in multiple complications.

8. Fiche maladie | 2015.10.06

   Listeriosis

   Listeriosis is a severe foodborne infection caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. It can cause septicemia or central nervous system infections. In pregnant women, it can lead to miscarriage, premature delivery or serious neonatal infection. 

9. Fiche maladie | 2016.05.20

   HIV / AIDS

   Although there have been considerable advances in treatment, HIV continues to be a serious problem, especially in the terminal phase of the disease in the absence of treatment, known as AIDS. HIV/AIDS is currently one of the leading causes of death worldwide for adolescents and women of childbearing age. The interval between infection and diagnosis is long, especially in France, where it can...

10. Fiche maladie | 2015.10.06

    Malaria

    Malaria is a disease transmitted by parasites of the genus Plasmodium. According to WHO figures, the disease caused 608,000 deaths worldwide in 2022. For several years now, parasites have been developing resistance to antimalarial drugs and mosquitoes are increasingly less susceptible to insecticides.

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