Human African Trypanosomiasis Transmission, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Human African Trypanosomiasis Transmission, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

To investigate the epidemiology of human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2 entomologic surveys were conducted in 2005. Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and human-blood meals were found in tsetse fly midguts, which suggested active disease transmissi...

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Main Authors: Gustave Simo, Philemon Mansinsa Diabakana, Victor Kande Betu Ku Mesu, Emile Zola Manzambi, Gaelle Ollivier, Tazoacha Asonganyi, Gerard Cuny, Pascal Grébaut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Human African trypanosomiasis. African sleeping sickness
urban transmission
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
blood meal
Kinshasa
Democratic Republic of Congo
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/12/06-0516_article
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Summary:To investigate the epidemiology of human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2 entomologic surveys were conducted in 2005. Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and human-blood meals were found in tsetse fly midguts, which suggested active disease transmission. Vector control should be used to improve human African trypanosomiasis control efforts.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059

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