01597nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653002200059653002800081653002600109653003000135653001100165653002400176653001000200653003100210653002000241653002200261100002300283700001500306245010700321300001000428490000700438520087200445022001401317       1984                            d  c1984 Apr-Jun10aArthropod Vectors10aCardiovascular Diseases10aCommunicable Diseases10aDigestive System Diseases10aHumans10aIntestinal Diseases10aNiger10aRespiratory Tract Diseases10aschistosomiasis10aTropical Medicine1 aBarbotin-Larrieu M1 aSankalé M00a[The danger of infection and common medical pathology among adults in the Sahel. Niger as an example].  a133-60 v443 a<p>In Niger, the infectious risk is of real concern in the field of the pathology of the adult, mainly caused by the major endemic diseases: Parasitic diseases such as malaria, bilharziasis, cutaneous leishmaniasis and recently visceral leishmaniasis, Bacterial diseases such as enterobacterial diseases, amibiasis, meningococcal diseases, tuberculosis, leprosy and treponematosis, Virus diseases such as arbovirus diseases and probably viral hepatitis. On the whole, the rate of occurrence and prevalence are not more significant than those in the neighbouring countries. On the other hand, diseases prevailing all over the world do not save the indigenous. Some recent hospital statistics demonstrate that the disease of the liver and the digestive system (28.8 pc), the respiratory diseases (16.49 pc), and the cardiovascular diseases (14.63 pc) are prevalent.</p>  a0025-682X