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Risk Factors for TB/HIV Coinfection and Consequences for Patient Outcomes: Evidence from 241 Clinics in the Democratic Republic of Congo

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
(1) Background: In resource-limited countries, patients with tuberculosis (TB)/HIV coinfection commonly face economic, sociocultural, and behavioral barriers to effective treatment.
G. Shah, R. Ewetola, G. Etheredge, L. Maluantesa, K. Waterfield, Elodie Engetele, A. Kilundu   +6 more
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Awareness, attitude and perceived knowledge regarding First Aid in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: A cross-sectional household survey

African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2022
African relevance • Prehospital emergency care systems in Africa need to be developed to address a growing burden of disease and improve outcomes.• Minimal data exist on First Aid (FA) in the low socioeconomic setting of Sub-Saharan Africa and the ...
K. Diango, J. Yangongo, Vera Sistenich, E. Mafuta, L. Wallis   +4 more
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Severe acute malnutrition in childhood, chronic diseases, and human capital in adulthood in the Democratic Republic of Congo: the Lwiro Cohort Study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2021
Background Little is known about the long-term outcome of children treated for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) after nutritional rehabilitation. Objectives To explore the association between SAM in childhood, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), and low ...
P. Mwene-Batu, G. Bisimwa, G. Ngaboyeka, M. Dramaix, J. Macq, M. Hermans, D. Lemogoum, P. Donnen   +7 more
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Clade I–Associated Mpox Cases Associated with Sexual Contact, the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023
We report a cluster of clade I monkeypox virus infections linked to sexual contact in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Case investigations resulted in 5 reverse transcription PCR–confirmed infections; genome sequencing suggest they belonged to the ...
E. M. Kibungu, E. Vakaniaki, E. Kinganda-Lusamaki, Thierry Kalonji-Mukendi, Elisabeth Pukuta, N. Hoff, Isaac I. Bogoch, M. Cevik, Gregg S Gonsalves, L. E. Hensley, N. Low, Souradet Y. Shaw, Erin Schillberg, M. Hunter, L. Lunyanga, S. Linsuke, J. Madinga, M. Peeters, Jean-Claude Makangara Cigolo, S. Ahuka-Mundeke, J. Muyembe, A. Rimoin, J. Kindrachuk, P. Mbala-Kingebeni, R. S. Lushima   +24 more
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Building a framework towards climate-smart agriculture in the Yangambi landscape, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 2021
Purpose This paper aims to produce a framework for climate-smart agriculture (CSA) in the Yangambi landscape, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
L. Mangaza, D. Sonwa, G. Batsi, J. Ebuy, J. Kahindo   +4 more
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The Ongoing Ebola Epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2018-2019.

New England Journal of Medicine, 2019
The international response to the evolving Ebola epidemic in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has had interim successes while facing ongoing difficulties.
Oly Ilunga Kalenga, M. Moeti, Annie Sparrow, V. Nguyen, D. Lucey, T. A. Ghebreyesus   +5 more
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Sustained human outbreak of a new MPXV clade I lineage in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Nature Medicine
Outbreaks of monkeypox (mpox) have historically resulted from zoonotic spillover of clade I monkeypox virus (MPXV) in Central Africa and clade II MPXV in West Africa.
E. Vakaniaki, C. Kacita, E. Kinganda-Lusamaki, Á. O'toole, T. Wawina-Bokalanga, D. Mukadi-Bamuleka, A. Amuri-Aziza, Nadine Malyamungu-Bubala, Franklin Mweshi-Kumbana, Léandre Mutimbwa-Mambo, Freddy Belesi-Siangoli, Y. Mujula, Edyth Parker, Pauline-Chloé Muswamba-Kayembe, Sabin S Nundu, R. S. Lushima, J. Makangara-Cigolo, N. Mulopo-Mukanya, E. Pukuta-Simbu, P. Akil-Bandali, Hugo Kavunga, Ombotimbe Abdramane, I. Brosius, E. Bangwen, K. Vercauteren, N. A. Sam-Agudu, Edward J. Mills, O. Tshiani-Mbaya, N. Hoff, A. Rimoin, L. E. Hensley, J. Kindrachuk, Cheryl Baxter, Túlio de Oliveira, A. Ayouba, M. Peeters, Eric Delaporte, S. Ahuka-Mundeke, E. Mohr, Nancy J Sullivan, J. Muyembe‐Tamfum, J. Nachega, A. Rambaut, L. Liesenborghs, P. Mbala-Kingebeni   +44 more
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COVID-19: The Current Situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2020
. COVID-19 is a highly contagious disease that has affected all African countries including the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Formidable challenges limit precautionary measures which were instituted by the government to curb the pandemic ...
C. Juma, Nestor Kalume Mushabaa, Feruzi Abdu Salam, Attaullah Ahmadi, D. Lucero-Prisno   +4 more
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Ongoing mpox outbreak in Kamituga, South Kivu province, associated with monkeypox virus of a novel Clade I sub-lineage, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2024

Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
Since the beginning of 2023, the number of people with suspected monkeypox virus (MPXV) infection have sharply increased in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). We report near-to-complete MPXV genome sequences derived from six cases from the South
Leandre Murhula Masirika, J. C. Udahemuka, L. Schuele, Pacifique Ndishimye, Saria Otani, Justin Bengehya Mbiribindi, Jean M Marekani, L. M. Mambo, Nadine Malyamungu Bubala, M. Boter, David F. Nieuwenhuijse, Trudie Lang, E. Kalalizi, J. Musabyimana, F. Aarestrup, M. Koopmans, B. O. Oude Munnink, Freddy Belesi Siangoli   +17 more
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New genera, species and records of Afrotropical Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) preserved at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Bruxelles. [PDF]

, 2017
The results of the study of the rich material of Orthoptera Phaneropterinae at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Bruxelles, are reported. The following new taxa are described: Dithela longicaudata n. sp.
Massa B.
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