Should I Get Screened for Sleeping Sickness? A Qualitative Study in Kasai Province, Democratic Republic of Congo

Alain Mpanya; David Hendrickx; Mimy Vuna; Albert Kanyinda; Crispin Lumbala; Valéry Tshilombo; Patrick Mitashi; Oscar Luboya; Victor Kande; Marleen Boelaert; Pierre Lefèvre; Pascal Lutumba

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001467

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Should I Get Screened for Sleeping Sickness? A Qualitative Study in Kasai Province, Democratic Republic of Congo

Alain Mpanya ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alain Mpanya, David Hendrickx

Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africain (PNLTHA), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
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David Hendrickx ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alain Mpanya, David Hendrickx

* E-mail: dhendrickx@itg.be

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Mimy Vuna,

Affiliation Institut Nationale de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Albert Kanyinda,

Affiliation Bureau Diocesain des Œuvres Médicales, Mbuji-mayi, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Crispin Lumbala,

Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africain (PNLTHA), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Valéry Tshilombo,

Affiliation Université de Mbuji-mayi, Mbuji-mayi, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Patrick Mitashi,

Affiliation Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Oscar Luboya,

Affiliation Université de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Victor Kande,

Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africain (PNLTHA), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Marleen Boelaert,

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Pierre Lefèvre,

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Pascal Lutumba

Affiliations Institut Nationale de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Should I Get Screened for Sleeping Sickness? A Qualitative Study in Kasai Province, Democratic Republic of Congo

Alain Mpanya,
David Hendrickx,
Mimy Vuna,
Albert Kanyinda,
Crispin Lumbala,
Valéry Tshilombo,
Patrick Mitashi,
Oscar Luboya,
Victor Kande,
Marleen Boelaert

Published: January 17, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001467

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