FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD, ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

Expertise

In the framework of the Echinococcus spp. the Nancy laboratory for Rabies and Wildlife of the National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES) (LRFSN) issued by the government department at the service of the citizen (DGAL): diagnostic developments (molecular biology in particular), descriptive epidemiology and molecular epidemiology for alveolar echinococcosis (E. multilocularis) and hydatidosis (E. granulosus). Determination of sources of production animal contamination by E. granulosus with a control strategy proposal. Analysis of high-risk behaviors for the prevention of human contamination by E. multilocularis. In order to improve access to information on echinococcosis in France, the NRL for Echinococcus publishes a newsletter, the ÉCHINOTE.

Role in the project

The LRFSN SEEpiAS Unit will be involved in all work packages, according to their competences in term of molecular diagnosis, microsatellite investigation and field experience in Maghreb.

In WP1-2-3, it will control, using a microsatellite approach, the pressure of infection in sheep whereas in dogs, using a qPCR, it will detect prepatent period in feces to adapt the deworming treatment. According to its field experience in Maghreb it will help to organize field experiment (WP2-3), for vaccination and dogs’ treatment in the pilot areas. ANSES will lead WP2 and participate in all other WP being involved in several tasks.

TEAM

Franck Boué

(Deputy Director)

Gerald Umhang

(Project Manager)