Prevalence of human African trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Mumba, D; Bohorquez, E; Messina, J; Kande, V; Taylor, SM; Tshefu, AK; Muwonga, J; Kashamuka, MM; Emch, M; Tidwell, R; Büscher, P; Meshnick, SR
Published in: PLoS Negl Trop Dis
August 2011
Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) is a major public health problem in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Active and passive surveillance for HAT is conducted but may underestimate the true prevalence of the disease. We used ELISA to screen 7,769 leftover dried blood spots from a nationally representative population-based survey, the 2007 Demographic and Health Survey. 26 samples were positive by ELISA. Three of these were also positive by trypanolysis and/or PCR. From these data, we estimate that there were 18,592 people with HAT (95% confidence interval, 4,883-32,302) in the DRC in 2007, slightly more than twice as many as were reported.
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1935-2735
Publication Date
August 2011
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5
Issue
8
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e1246
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United States
Related Subject Headings
- Trypanosomiasis, African
- Tropical Medicine
- Prevalence
- Population Surveillance
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Humans
- Health Surveys
- Female
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
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Mumba, D., Bohorquez, E., Messina, J., Kande, V., Taylor, S. M., Tshefu, A. K., … Meshnick, S. R. (2011). Prevalence of human African trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 5(8), e1246. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001246
Mumba, Dieudonne, Elaine Bohorquez, Jane Messina, Victor Kande, Steven M. Taylor, Antoinette K. Tshefu, Jeremie Muwonga, et al. “Prevalence of human African trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.” PLoS Negl Trop Dis 5, no. 8 (August 2011): e1246. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001246.
Mumba D, Bohorquez E, Messina J, Kande V, Taylor SM, Tshefu AK, et al. Prevalence of human African trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011 Aug;5(8):e1246.
Mumba, Dieudonne, et al. “Prevalence of human African trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.” PLoS Negl Trop Dis, vol. 5, no. 8, Aug. 2011, p. e1246. Pubmed, doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001246.
Mumba D, Bohorquez E, Messina J, Kande V, Taylor SM, Tshefu AK, Muwonga J, Kashamuka MM, Emch M, Tidwell R, Büscher P, Meshnick SR. Prevalence of human African trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011 Aug;5(8):e1246.
Published In
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
DOI
EISSN
1935-2735
Publication Date
August 2011
Volume
5
Issue
8
Start / End Page
e1246
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Trypanosomiasis, African
- Tropical Medicine
- Prevalence
- Population Surveillance
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Humans
- Health Surveys
- Female
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay