Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2006)

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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1212.060516
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 12
pp. 1968 – 1970

Abstract

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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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