Smooth tubercle bacilli (STB) including "Mycobacterium canettii" are members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), which cause non-contagious tuberculosis in human. This group comprises <100 isolates characterized by smooth colonies and cordless organisms. Most STB isolates have been obtained from patients exposed to the Republic of Djibouti but seven isolates, including the three s...

data may be confusing because of potential cross-reactions with other fl avivirus antibodies (in particular in Chad with West Nile virus). Because of probable underreporting from the fi eld, our reported number of confi rmed dengue cases likely underestimates the actual number of cases among French troops stationed in Africa. Nonetheless, our data complement those reported by Amarasinghe et al....

The Horn of Africa (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea) is home to the largest population of livestock in Africa and is the historic centre of the livestock trade to the Middle East and northern Africa. The recent resumption of livestock exports from the region has resulted in the handling of over one million head of cattle, sheep, goats and camels at one quarantine facility during a single y...

A 40-year-old kidney transplant male recipient was hospitalized for chronic abscess of the right foot in a context of immunodepression. The patient came from Djibouti and was in Belgium for a few days. He presented a right foot with a swelling localized on the first metatarsophalangeal joint which was excoriated (Figures 1 and 2) and was self-treated ineffectively with various local antiseptics...

This chapter analyses the investment trends and dynamics in East Africa (Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania Uganda), with a focus on renewable energy sector. The first shows that investments have been major driver of Africa’s recent growth, but their allocation towards social environmental sustainability remains...