The ecology of zoonotic diseases associated with small mammals (e.g. plague, leptospirosis, typhus, hantaviruses) in African and Malagasy urban socio-ecosystems; rodent management in African and Malagasy cities; the role of international trade in the spread of rodents that act as reservoirs for human pathogens.
My most recent posts:
Adamjy T., Tchabi A., Gauthier P., Houéménou G., Goergen G., Gouriveau F., Badou S., Dossou H.J., Etougbétché J., Lokossou A., Missihoun A.A., Kindomissi M., Ouinsou F., Ali Mamam H., Bagan T., Faton L., Abosti Y., Akanni-Ediko R., Aikpon R., Akodogbo H., Dannon E., Corbel H., Dobigny G., 2024. Maritime trade and biological invasions management: a seaport platform of environmental surveillance in Cotonou, Benin, as a pilot multi-stakeholder initiative. Cities and the Environment, 17, 2, e1.
(https://doi.org/10.15365/cate.2024.170201).
Awoniyi A.M., Barreto A.M., Argibay H.D., Santana J.O., Palma F.A.G., Riviere-Cinnamond A., Dobigny G., Bertherat E., Ferguson L., Belmain S. & Costa F., 2024. Systematic surveillance tools to reduce rodent pests in disadvantaged urban areas can empower communities and improve public health. Scientific Reports, 14, e4503. (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55203-5)
Dalecky A., Sow I., Danzabarma A.A.I., Garba M., Etougbétché J., Badou S., Dossou H.J., Niang C.T., Diene O., Diallo I., Saghiri M.S.A., El Hady Sidatt M., van Steenbergen F., Bal A.B., Bosma L., Houéménou G., Ag Atteyine S., Hima K., Dobigny G. & Meheretu Y., 2024. From problem to progress: rodent management in agricultural settings of sub-Saharan Africa, and calling for an urban perspective. Crop Protection, 181 : e106673. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2024.106673)
Danzabarma A.I., Hima K., Garba M., Issaka S., Dobigny G., 2025. Native-to-invasive rodent species turn-over within African cities: the example of Niamey, Niger. PLoS ONE, 20, 7, e0325427.
(https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0325427)
Etougbétché J., Houéménou G., Missihoun A., Gauthier P., Dossou H.J., Galal L., Dalecky A., Diagne C.,Dobigny G., Mercier A., 2025. Toxoplasma gondii and Trypanosoma lewisi infection in urban small mammals from Cotonou, Benin, with special emphasis on coinfection patterns. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 205, e9976509. (https://doi.org/10.1155/tbed/9976509)
Her R., Crespin L., Etougbétché J., Groud K., Gnolonfoun M., Chapron A., Evenamia C., Houéménou G., Lurier T., Cappelle J., Dobigny G. & Ayral F., 2024. Seroprevalence and renal carriage of pathogenic Leptospira in livestock in Cotonou, Benin. Veterinary Medical and Science, 10, e1430. (https://doi.org/10.1002/vms3.1430)
Parany M.N.J., Stenseth N.C., Rasoamalala F., Rahelinirina S., Rahajandraibe S., Andrianaivoarimanana V., Dobigny G., Gorgé O., Valade E., Fell H., Ramasindrazana B, Rajerison M., 2026. Plague in small mammals from an endemic focus of the Malagasy Central Highlands: a longitudinal survey with a special reference on black rats (Rattus rattus). Integrative Zoology, 21, 1, 37-47. (https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12944)
Mots-clés : écologie de la santé ; écologie urbaine ; zoonoses ; socio-écosystèmes urbains ; bidonvilles ; rongeurs ; Afrique ; Madagascar
