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The professor, Loïc Favennec (CHU Rouen-Normandie), talked about a poorly known parasitic disease in France, human cryptosporidosis, that is responsible for epidemic outbreaks in recent years in France.

Then Dr Mélanie Gay (Anses, Bacteriology and Parasitology of fishing and Aquaculture Unit, Boulogne-sur-Mer) shared her thoughts on the first epidemiological data on the emerging Clinostomum complanatum, a zoonotic trematode of fish that induces human pathologies such as pharyngitis or laryngitis after consuming raw or insufficently cooked fish. 

The third talk was centered on the emergence of canine brucellosis in France and in Western Europe. It was presented by the Doctors  Luca Freddi and Acacia Ferreira Vicente (LNR Brucellose, Anses, Maisons-Alfort) who gave an overview of canine brucellosis in France, with the combination of different approaches, allowing to state hypotheses on the introduction or emergence of the disease in the country.

Finally, Dr Karine Laroucau (Animal Health Laboratory, Anses, Maisons-Alfort) gave a talk on the neglected tropical bacterial disease, the meliodosis, a good example of the "One Health" concept which could have an increasing impact on us due to clmate change. The signaling of human cases in the Antilles and the recent detection of the bacteria on the Mississippi river banks in the United States have made the news in the French overseas territories.

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• Karim Adjou