Sénégal : Une microalgue à l’origine de la maladie des pêcheurs de 2020/2021
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Sénégal : Une microalgue à l’origine de la maladie des pêcheurs de 2020/2021

07/04/2025 SciDev.Net
Par: Didier Ladislas Lando

[DAKAR] Une microalgue marine toxique est à l’origine de la « mystérieuse maladie » cutanée qui a touché plus d’un millier de pécheurs sénégalais de la petite côte de Dakar, il y a cinq ans.

C’est ce que révèlent les résultats d’une étude récemment publiée dans la revue Embo Molecular Medicine.

L’enquête pour déterminer les causes exactes de cette maladie, caractérisée par une éruption cutanée et des brûlures sur la peau, a été menée par une équipe de scientifiques internationaux dont des chercheurs sénégalais.

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https://www.scidev.net/afrique-sub-saharienne/news/senegal-une-microalgue-a-lorigine-de-la-maladie-des-pecheurs-de-2020-2021/
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  • La maladie qui avait touché de nombreux pêcheurs en 2020 et 2021 se caractérisait par des lésions cutanées. Crédit image: Patrice Brehmer
07/04/2025 SciDev.Net
Regions: Europe, United Kingdom, Africa, Senegal
Keywords: Health, Public Dialogue - health, Medical

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