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    Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Dec;12(12):1968-70.

    Human African trypanosomiasis transmission, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.

    Simo G, Mansinsa Diabakana P, Kande Betu Ku Mesu V, Manzambi EZ, Ollivier G, Asonganyi T, Cuny G, Grébaut P.

    Institute of Medical Research and Study of Medicinal Plants, Yaoundé, Cameroon. gustavsca@yahoo.fr

    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.

    PMID: 17326955 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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