Table 1.
Overview of the study sites and HAT endemicity level.
Fig 1.
Map of the study area in Kongo Central Province: A: The Democratic Republic of the Congo with Kongo Central province highlighted. B: Kongo Central province, the study area highlighted. C: Map of Nsona Mpangu and Kimpese district showing all visited villages. Map created using QGIS 3.16 based on https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-cultural-vectors/ and https://www.diva-gis.org/gdata.
Fig 2.
Map of the non-endemic are in Haut Katanga Provine: A: The DRC with Haut Katanga province highlighted. B: Health District of Kafubu is highlighted C: Health District of Kafubu, showing the health area Adra41. Map created using QGIS 3.16 based on https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-cultural-vectors/ and https://www.diva-gis.org/gdata
Fig 3.
Drying of DBS samples on Filter Paper in the field, prior to transportation to the central laboratory.
Fig 4.
Age distribution of female (n = 6,286) and male (n = 5,360) individuals participating in a sero-surveillance study collecting Dried Blood Samples in Kongo Central province, DRC (2017–2019) compared to the age distribution of the HDSS population in the health district of Kimpese, Kongo Central (2018).
HDSS = Health and Demographic Surveillance System.
Table 2.
Overview of ELISA/T.b. gambiense and Immune Trypanolysis results in health areas in DRC (2017–2019).
Fig 5.
Mapping of the study area in Kongo Central province.
A: The Democratic Republic of the Congo with Kongo Central province highlighted. B: Kongo Central province, the study area highlighted. C: Map of Nsona Mpangu and Kimpese district, villages are shown with positive ELISA and/or TL result. Map created using QGIS 3.16 based on https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-cultural-vectors/ and https://www.diva-gis.org/gdata.