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B Durand

Publications and source records attributed to B Durand.

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West Nile outbreak in horses in southern France, 2000: the return after 35 years.

On September 6, 2000, two cases of equine encephalitis caused by West Nile (WN) virus were reported in southern France (Hérault Province), near Camargue National Park, where a WN outbreak occurred in 1962. Through November 30, 76 cases were laboratory confirmed among 131 equines with neurologic disorders. The last confirmed case was on November 3, 2000. All but three cases were located in a region nicknamed "la petite Camargue," which has several large marshes, numerous colonies of migratory and resident birds, and large mosquito populations. No human case has been confirmed among clinically suspected patients, nor have abnormal deaths of birds been reported. A serosurvey has been undertaken in horses in the infected area, and other studies are in progress.

Age Factors↗
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[Epidemiologic study of the focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Mokolo (North Cameroon)].

Fifty-eight patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis are studied in the North of Cameroon. All of them are living in an area located not further than 30 miles away from Mokolo. Both sexes are equally concerned. Young adults are representing the age group the most frequently infected. The greatest number of cases is observed in August and September during the rainy season. Uncovered parts of the body, the face and the limbs, are mostly concerned. They are only one, or more often many different lesions, which are separated one from the next, and which are evoluting naturally towards cicatrization, leaving usually a cicatricial mark. Diagnosis is achieved by discovering the Leishman-bodies in the smears or in the skin sections.

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A clinical nursing study: failure to thrive in a child with Down's syndrome.

A five-year-old child with Down's syndrome and severe failure to thrive, given a program of individually tailored developmental nursing care, showed substantial improvement as evidenced by changes in seven of nine criteria chosen for measurement. When investigation of the child and his family suggested that the failure to thrive was the result of masked deprivation, a study was designed to measure the effect of a 17-day program of developmental nursing care on specific parameters of growth and behavior-height, weight amount of sleep, caloric intake, active mobility, awareness of the environment, prelanguage vocalizations, self-stimulation behavior, and play activity with toys. Data on these criteria were gathered before, during, and after the nursing care program. Findings supported the assumptions that there would be an increase in height, weight, amount of sleep, active mobility, awareness of the environment, prelanguage vocalizations and a decrease in self-stimulation. Findings did not support the assumptions that there would be an increase in caloric intake and play activity with toys. The study supported the use of nursing care as the primary therapeutic modality for children with this condition and illustrated an approach to systematic evaluation of the effects of nursing care.

Child Behavior↗