@article{fdi:010035599,
  title = {{W}ild fauna as a probable animal reservoir for {T}rypanosoma brucei gambiense in {C}ameroon},
  author = {{N}jiokou, {F}. and {L}aveissi{\`e}re, {C}laude and {S}imo, {G}. and {N}kinin, {S}. and {G}r{\'e}baut, {P}ascal and {C}uny, {G}{\'e}rard and {H}erder, {S}t{\'e}phane},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n order to {S}tudy the existence of a wild animal reservoir for {T}rypanosoma brucei gambiense in {S}outh {C}ameroon, blood was collected from wild animals in three human {A}frican trypanosomiasis foci and from a nonendemic control area. {T}he 1142 wild animals sampled belonged to 36 different species pertaining to eight orders (407 primates, 347 artiodactyls, 265 rodents, 54 pangolins, 53 carnivores, 11 {S}aurians and crocodilians, and five hyraxes). {QBC} ({R}) and {KIVI} tests detected trypanosomes on 1.7% (13/762) and 18.4% (43/234) of: animals examined, respectively. {U}sing specific primers, {T} brucei non-gambiense group 1 {DNA} was detected on 56 animals (4.9%). {T}his infection rate was 5.3% in the endemic zone and 3.8% in the control zone. {O}f the 832 animals of the endemic zone, {PCR} revealed {T}. b. gambiense group {I} {DNA} in 18 (2.2%). {T}hese hosts included two rodents, two artiodactyls, two carnivores and two primates. {T} b. gambiense group 1 was absent from animals from the nonendemic zone. {A} decrease in the prevalence of {T} b. gambiense group 1 was observed in wild animals from the {B}ipindi sleeping sickness focus after a medical survey and vector control in this area. {T}he epidemiological implication,,; of these findings remain to be determined with further investigations. (c) 2005 {E}lsevier {B}.{V}. {A}ll rights reserved.},
  keywords = {{T}rypanosoma brucei gambiense ; sleeping sickness resurgence ; wild animal reservoir ; {KIVI} ; {PCR}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{I}nfection {G}enetics and {E}volution},
  volume = {6},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {147--153},
  ISSN = {1567-1348},
  year = {2006},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.meegid.2005.04.003},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010035599},
}