Published in Journal of Evolutionary Medicine
Background. Consanguineous marriage is strongly favored in many regions of the world, despite the prevalent Western belief that the progeny of close kin unions experience developmental disorders and premature mortality. Objective. We outline an alternative perspective on the association between consanguinity and disease, in terms of life history th...
Published in Journal of Evolutionary Medicine
Stress and disease. Although psychological stress is an adaptive phenotypic state necessary for survival, chronic psychological stress in developed, industrialized human populations can be characterized as an immune-altering factor associated with a wide range of allergic, autoimmune, and other inflammatory-related diseases. Modern lifestyles, chro...
Published in African Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
Introduction. Les entérocoques représentent 6,3 % des microorganismes responsables des infections urinaires chez l'adulte. L'émergence des souches résistantes aux antibiotiques recommandés limite la prise en charge thérapeutique. Le but de cette étude était de déterminer la fréquence et les phénotypes de résistance aux antibiotiques des entérocoque...
Published in African Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
Introduction. Le placenta est un organe nourricier assurant un lien vital entre le foetus et la mère. Les lésions placentaires ont des répercussions sur le développement foetal et peuvent expliquer l'hypo-trophie. Objectif. Décrire les lésions anatomopathologiques des placen-tas des nouveaux nés hypotrophes observés en milieu hospitalier. Ma-tériel...
Published in Journal of Evolutionary Medicine
Background. Biome depletion, or loss of biodiversity from the ecosystem of the human body, is a major " evolutionary mismatch " underlying a variety of inflammatory diseases in Western populations. Enhancing biodiversity via exposure to helminths has effectively treated immune diseases in a variety of experimental animal models and in a few publish...
Published in Ecological Parasitology and Immunology
Background. Migratory birds are often faced with the challenge of undertaking long-distance journeys while harboring parasites. Objective. I investigated the possibility that Hippoboscid flies (Diptera, Hippoboscidae), blood-feeding ectoparasites, would be associated with reduced body condition or fat reserves of migratory songbirds. Methods. I mis...
Published in Journal of Case Reports in Medicine
We report an extremely unusual case of an undiagnosed cer-vical ectopic pregnancy resulting in the birth of a live born baby with catastrophic maternal hemorrhage necessitating peripartum hysterectomy , highlighting the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of such cases.
Published in Journal of Evolutionary Medicine
In summer 2015, the “Evolutionary Medicine Conference 2015: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Health and Disease” takes place at the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland. This international conference is the first of its kind in Europe and brings together eight distinguished keynote speakers from all over the ...
Published in African Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
Introduction. L'objectif était de déterminer la proportion de souches de Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) exprimant des mécanismes de résistance dans la ville de Yaoundé. Méthode. Il s'agis-sait d'une étude prospective et descriptive réalisée du 02 janvier au 30 juin 2012. Des souches de P. aeruginosa provenant de divers produits pathologique...
Published in Journal of Case Reports in Medicine
Rhinoscleroma is a chronic granulomatous infection of the upper respiratory tract, particularly affecting the nose. It is a bacterial disease mainly caused by rhinoscleromatis subspecies of Kleb-siella pneumoniae. We described a case of a 72-year-old Chinese man presented with repeated epistaxis for more than 2 years without any inducing factors ac...
