| [epidemiological importance of the animal reservoir of trypanosoma brucei gambiense in the congo. 1. prevalence of animal trypanosomiasis in the foci of sleeping sickness]. | parasitological and serological tests were performed in 1287 domestic animals originating from the brazzaville area and three sleeping sickness foci in congo. nannomonas and trypanozoon were the only sub-genera present in the blood of animals, with prevalences of 16.9% and 0.5%, respectively. the use of testryp catt allowed a better estimation of the real frequency of animal trypanosomiasis which in some foci, was found to be three times higher than the parasitological prevalence. seven stocks o ... | 1986 | 3563320 |
| [socio-entomologic survey in human trypanosomiasis focus of yamba (peoples republic of congo)]. | a study carried out at villagers level in a focus infected by human trypanosomiasis (yamba, bouenza region, congo, mikengue ethnic group) revealed that modern medicin is recognized by them as the sole possibility to treat the sleeping sickness. the witch doctor, if he cannot transmit the sickness, is perfectly able to aggravate it. he is considered as the responsible for any fatal issue. tsetse flies are charged of transmitting the sickness as well as other biting insects (black flies, ceratopog ... | 1985 | 4068972 |