Human African Trypanosomiasis Transmission, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Gustave Simo
- Philemon Mansinsa Diabakana
- Victor Kande Betu Ku Mesu
- Emile Zola Manzambi
- Gaelle Ollivier
- Tazoacha Asonganyi
- Gerard Cuny
- Pascal Grébaut
Publication date
December 2006
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
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
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