Should I get screened for sleeping sickness? A qualitative study in Kasai province, Democratic Republic of Congo

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mpanya, Alain ^a   Hendrickx, David ^b   Vuna, Mimy ^c   Kanyinda, Albert ^d   Lumbala, Crispin ^a   Tshilombo, Valéry ^e   Mitashi, Patrick ^f   Luboya, Oscar ^g   Kande, Victor ^a   Boelaert, Marleen ^b   Lefèvre, Pierre ^b   Lutumba, Pascal ^c,f  

^a Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africain (PNLTHA)   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Institut Nationale de Recherche Biomédicale   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^d Bureau Diocesain des uvres Médicales   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^e Université de Mbuji mayi   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE LUBUMBASHI   (Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVENTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCREENING; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT REFUSAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; INFORMATION PROCESSING;

ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 84856569540     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001467     Document Type: Article

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