| [role of meat in the epidemiology of human salmonella infections in kinshasa]. | | 1974 | 4469967 |
| voluntary intake, chemical composition and in vitro digestibility of fresh forages fed to guinea pigs in periurban rearing systems of kinshasa (democratic republic of congo). | the daily voluntary intake (dvi) of guinea pigs (gp) fed 15 fresh forages used in periurban rearing systems of kinshasa (democratic republic of congo) was investigated. in order to determine the best forages combination for gp diet, dvi was compared to their nutritional value measured in vitro using (1) a pepsin-pancreatin hydrolysis, (2) an gas fermentation test on the hydrolysed residues with an inoculum prepared from gp faeces, and (3) the chemical composition of the offered feeds and the hyd ... | 2007 | 17966272 |
| [spatial variation of risk for pigs to contract trypanosomosis in farms situated in the peri-urban area of kinshasa]. | in an effort to understand better the transmission risk as well for the animal african trypanosomosis (aat) as for the human trypanosomosis (hat) in the peri-urban zone of kinshasa, a serologic study was carried out in local pig farms from 2003 to 2005. an indirect elisa was used to detect the presence of trypanosome antibodies in 1,240 pigs originating from 404 farms. seropositivity was recorded in 155 farms (38%), but varied considerably according to the district. in 6% of the farms taa could ... | 2009 | 19585895 |
| biological screening of traditional preparations from some medicinal plants used as antidiarrhoeal in kinshasa, congo. | forty six aqueous extracts from 38 medicinal plant species belonging to different families were selected on the basis of their traditional medicinal use as antidiarrhoeic agents. they were submitted in a broad biological screening including antibacterial, antiamoebic and antispasmodic activities. the results of the testing have indicated that 37 extracts (80.43%), 33 (71.74%) and 32 (69.54%) exhibited some level of antibacterial, antiamoebic and antispasmodic activity respectively. only 8 plant ... | 1999 | 10228613 |
| [antispasmodic activity of extracts from plants used as anti-diarrhea preparations in kinshasa, zaïre]. | a preliminary and anterior pharmacological study about 68 plant antidiarrheic traditional preparations, has proved the antispasmodic activity for 42 of them. some extracts proceeding of these possess an antispasmodic activity, specially if they contain polyphenols (flavonoïds, catechics tanins), saponins and alkaloïds. | 1990 | 2080836 |
| taenia solium cysticercosis in the democratic republic of congo: how does pork trade affect the transmission of the parasite? | taenia solium, a zoonotic parasite that is endemic in most developing countries where pork is consumed, is recognised as the main cause of acquired epilepsy in these regions. t. solium has been reported in almost all of the neighboring countries of democratic republic of congo (drc) but data on the current prevalence of the disease in the country itself are lacking. this study, focusing on porcine cysticercosis (cc), makes part of a first initiative to assess whether cysticercosis is indeed actu ... | 2010 | 20838646 |
| detection of hepatitis e virus of genotype 3 in a farm pig in kinshasa (democratic republic of the congo). | autochthonous hepatitis e is an emerging disease in industrialized countries where a growing body of data indicates that pigs represent a reservoir for hepatitis e virus (hev) of genotype 3 or 4. in africa, only hev genotypes 1 and 2 have been identified in hepatitis e outbreaks as well as in sporadic cases. we aimed to investigate whether commercial pigs in sub-saharan africa might represent an hev reservoir using molecular assays. faecal samples from 40 pigs of the pietrain race housed in a fa ... | 2010 | 19800029 |
| characterization of sleeping sickness transmission sites in rural and periurban areas of kinshasa (république démocratique du congo). | to characterize the potential transmission sites of sleeping sickness in kinshasa, two entomologic surveys were carried out during the dry and the rainy seasons in rural and periurban areas of kinshasa in 2005. about 610 pyramidal traps were set up, and 897 glossina fuscipes quanzensis were captured. environmental and biologic factors were reported, and relationships between these factors were evaluated using logistic regression and multiple correspondence analysis. the biologic factors (the pre ... | 2009 | 19272002 |
| antiamoebic and spasmolytic activities of extracts from some antidiarrhoeal traditional preparations used in kinshasa, congo. | three major extracts from some traditional preparations, based on medicinal plants, used as antidiarrhoeal agents were investigated for their putative antiamoebic and spasmolytic activities in vitro. results indicated that both biological activities are concentrated in the polyphenolic fraction, and not in the saponin or alkaloid containing fractions. the most active polyphenolic extracts were those from euphorbia hirta whole plant, leaves of alchornea cordifolia, crossopteryx febrifuga, nauclea ... | 2000 | 10782488 |