Characterization of sleeping sickness transmission sites in rural and periurban areas of Kinshasa (Réublique Démocratique du Congo)

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 631-636

  Grébaut, Pascal ^a   Bena, Jean Marie ^c   Manzambi, Emile Zola ^d   Mansinsa, Philémon ^e   Khande, Victor ^e   Ollivier, Gaelle ^f   Cuny, Gérard ^a   Simo, Gustave ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plant Studies Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^c Bureau d'Etude et d'Aménagement de l'Urbanisme   (Congo)

^d Institut National de Recherche Biomedicale   (Congo)

^e Programme National de Lutte Contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine   (Congo)

^f Service de Coopération et d'Action Culturelle de Kinshasa SCAC   (Congo)

Author keywords

Glossina fuscipes quanzensis; Kinshasa; Transmission risk; Trypanosomiasis; Vector control

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INFECTION RISK; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PIG FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL PROPERTY; TENERAL; TSETSE FLY; URBAN AREA; VECTOR CONTROL; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LOGISTIC MODELS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TSETSE FLIES; URBAN POPULATION;

GLOSSINA (GENUS); GLOSSINA FUSCIPES; SUIDAE;

EID: 72749122537     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0118     Document Type: Article

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