| 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 |
| 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 transmission. vector control should be used to improve human african trypanosomiasis control efforts. | 2006 | 17326955 |
| [trypanosomiasis at the neuropsychopathologic center of kinshasa university]. | the recent building of a neuropsychopathologic center at the kinshasa university now allows to carry out clinical, electroencephalographic studies on human african trypanosomiasis and soon neuropsychopathologic ones. these studies are reported here. | 1988 | 3197240 |
| trypanosomiasis in kinshasa: distribution of the vector, glossina fuscipes quanzensis, and risk of transmission in the peri-urban area. | abstract. because human and animal cases of african trypanosomiasis have been reported in and around the city of kinshasa for a long time, the likelihood of local transmission was examined. a georeferenced image of the city was produced, based on a satellite image (spot 4). urban, peri-urban and rural areas were delineated. all recent data on captures of glossina fuscipes quanzensis pires (diptera: glossinidae) between 1999 and 2004, as well as epidemiological data on a 1999 outbreak of human tr ... | 2005 | 16336299 |