Man-fly contact in the Gambian trypanosomiasis focus of Nola-Bilolo (Central African Republic).

Glossina fuscipes fuscipes and Glossina palpalis palpalis as joint vectors of sleeping sickness in the focus of Nola-Bilolo in the Central African Republic.

[Towards the control of the endemic of sleeping sickness in Nola-Bilolo focus, Central African Republic].

Sleeping sickness is more prevalent in three historical regions of Central African Republic. Control measures were organized by the colonial authorities through health services to fight against this disease and other major diseases. Multivariate analysis and the government helped in controlling the disease in the focus of Nola-Bilolo, which was formerly hyperendemic. The authors report the resu...

Human African Trypanosomiasis Transmission, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

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.

New insights in the interactions between African trypanosomes and tsetse flies

African trypanosomiases are vector-borne diseases of human and their livestock, with devastating socio-economical consequences for the Sub-Saharan African continent. These diseases are caused by flagellated unicellular parasites named African trypanosomes that are almost exclusively transmitted by the bite of tsetse flies. Here, both male and female tsetse flies are obligatory blood feeders abl...

Transmission of human African trypanosomiasis in the Komo-Mondah focus, Gabon

BACKGROUND Knowledge about transmission of sleeping sickness in a given focus is of a great importance since it governs the efficacy and the cost-effectiveness of control strategy. The Komo-Mondah focus is the most endemic sleeping sickness focus of Gabon. This focus has hardly been investigated and available publications are more than thirty years old. In order to update transmission features ...