FRANCE, CURRENT EVENTS IN ZOONOSES

In France, one has access to quite precise data fot approximately fift een zoonoses. The most common viral zoonosis appears to be the hemorrh agic fever with renal syndrome; the reservoir of wich is made of roden ts and the endemo-epidemic region is northeastern France. In the same region, the fox rabic enzootic is in the process of becoming extinct t wenty five years after its original irruption from Central Europe. Sev eral parasitic zoonoses are the objects of close observations. This is the case with visceral leishmaniasis wich finds favorable conditions for expression in imuno-depressed persons, In the south-east of France , its indicence has increased 40% in the past ten years, This is also the case with toxoplasmosis to wich many pregant women are susceptible . As for bacterial zoonoses, brucellosis is on the decline, Listeriosi s has caused several recent epidemics, while the incidence of Q fever, rickettsial diseases, listeriosis, leptospirosis, pasteurellosis and tularemia are relatively stable.