Pseudocrenilabrus pyrrhocaudalis sp. nov. is described from Lake Mweru in the upper Congo River drainage, on the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia. This species, which appears to be endemic to the lake, lives in sympatry with P. philander. Pseudocrenilabrus pyrrhocaudalis sp. nov. is distinguished from P. philander in nuptial males by the presence of an orange colour on the ...

De Brazza's monkeys (Cercopithecus neglectus) are non-human primates (NHP) living in Equatorial Africa from South Cameroon through the Congo-Basin to Uganda. As most of the NHP living in sub-Saharan Africa, they are naturally infected with their own simian lentivirus, SIVdeb. Previous studies confirmed this infection for De Brazza's from East Cameroon and Uganda. In this report, we studied the ...

Ghislain Emmanuel Sopoh, Roch Christian Johnson, Séverin Yehouénou Anagonou, Yves Thierry Barogui, Ange Dodji Dossou, Jean Gabin Houézo, Delphin Mavingha Phanzu, Brice Hughes Tente, Wayne M. Meyers, and Françoise Portaels Author affi liations: Centre de Dépistage et de Traitement de l’Ulcère de Buruli d’Allada, Allada, Bénin (G.E. Sopoh, A.D. Dossou, J.G. Houezo); Programme National de Lutte Co...

BACKGROUND Syphilis, a known major public health issue for soldiers during periods of conflict, is exacerbated in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to widespread sexual violence. However, there has been no previous study to determine the extent of this problem. Therefore, we determined the prevalence of syphilis among young demobilized soldiers. METHODS Screening of syphilis using the rapi...

1 National Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda, 2 National Onchocerciasis Control Program, Ministry of Health, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 3 Disease Prevention and Control Cluster, World Health Organization, Kampala, Uganda, 4 ROC Consulting, Palo Alto, California, United States of America, 5 Evolutionary Biology Group, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, ...

1 Phages for Global Health, Oakland, CA, USA, 2 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA, 3 Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Burn Wound Center, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium, 4 Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, 5 Biomedical Sciences, University of Science and T...

The accurate interpretation of mortality surveys in humanitarian crises is useful for both public health responses and security responses. Recent examples suggest that few medical personnel and researchers can accurately interpret the validity of a mortality survey in these settings. Using an example of a mortality survey from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), we demonstrate important met...

Alexander K. Rowe, Jeanne Bertolli,* Ali S. Khan, Epidemiology Program Office and Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Rose Mukunu, J. J. Muyembe-Tamfum, David Bressler, Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, A. J. Williams, C. J. Peters, Luis Rodriguez, Georgia; Ministry of Health, Kinshasa, Democratic Repu...

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...

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