Democratic Republic of the Congo

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A republic in central Africa, east of the REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, south of the CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC and north of ANGOLA and ZAMBIA. The capital is Kinshasa.

Descriptor ID	D015023
MeSH Number(s)	Z01.058.290.100.220
Concept/Terms	Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo (Kinshasa) Zaire Belgian Congo Katanga Katanga

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Geographicals [Z]
Geographic Locations [Z01]
Africa [Z01.058]
Africa South of the Sahara [Z01.058.290]
Africa, Central [Z01.058.290.100]
Democratic Republic of the Congo [Z01.058.290.100.220]

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Year	Minor Topic	Total
2016	1	1
2017	1	1
2018	1	1
2019	1	1
2020	2	2
2024	1	1

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Tulenko SE, Ngimbi P, Mwandagalirwa K, Tabala M, Matondo J, Ntambua S, Mbonze N, Mbendi C, Luhata C, Jhaveri R, Edwards JK, Becker-Dreps S, Moormann AM, Kaba D, Yotebieng M, Parr JB, Gower EW, Thompson P. Immunogenicity of a Birth Dose of Hepatitis B Vaccine in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: A Randomised, Controlled Trial. J Viral Hepat. 2024 Dec; 31(12):795-807.

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Deutsch-Feldman M, Brazeau NF, Parr JB, Thwai KL, Muwonga J, Kashamuka M, Tshefu Kitoto A, Aydemir O, Bailey JA, Edwards JK, Verity R, Emch M, Gower EW, Juliano JJ, Meshnick SR. Spatial and epidemiological drivers of Plasmodium falciparum malaria among adults in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. BMJ Glob Health. 2020 06; 5(6).

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Verity R, Aydemir O, Brazeau NF, Watson OJ, Hathaway NJ, Mwandagalirwa MK, Marsh PW, Thwai K, Fulton T, Denton M, Morgan AP, Parr JB, Tumwebaze PK, Conrad M, Rosenthal PJ, Ishengoma DS, Ngondi J, Gutman J, Mulenga M, Norris DE, Moss WJ, Mensah BA, Myers-Hansen JL, Ghansah A, Tshefu AK, Ghani AC, Meshnick SR, Bailey JA, Juliano JJ. The impact of antimalarial resistance on the genetic structure of Plasmodium falciparum in the DRC. Nat Commun. 2020 04 30; 11(1):2107.

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Deutsch-Feldman M, Aydemir O, Carrel M, Brazeau NF, Bhatt S, Bailey JA, Kashamuka M, Tshefu AK, Taylor SM, Juliano JJ, Meshnick SR, Verity R. The changing landscape of Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance in the Democratic Republic of Congo. BMC Infect Dis. 2019 Oct 22; 19(1):872.

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Bramble MS, Hoff N, Gilchuk P, Mukadi P, Lu K, Doshi RH, Steffen I, Nicholson BP, Lipson A, Vashist N, Sinai C, Spencer D, Olinger G, Wemakoy EO, Illunga BK, Pettitt J, Logue J, Marchand J, Varughese J, Bennett RS, Jahrling P, Cavet G, Serafini T, Ollmann Saphire E, Vilain E, Muyembe-Tamfum JJ, Hensely LE, Simmons G, Crowe JE, Rimoin AW. Pan-Filovirus Serum Neutralizing Antibodies in a Subset of Congolese Ebolavirus Infection Survivors. J Infect Dis. 2018 11 05; 218(12):1929-1936.

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Aydemir O, Janko M, Hathaway NJ, Verity R, Mwandagalirwa MK, Tshefu AK, Tessema SK, Marsh PW, Tran A, Reimonn T, Ghani AC, Ghansah A, Juliano JJ, Greenhouse BR, Emch M, Meshnick SR, Bailey JA. Drug-Resistance and Population Structure of Plasmodium falciparum Across the Democratic Republic of Congo Using High-Throughput Molecular Inversion Probes. J Infect Dis. 2018 08 14; 218(6):946-955.

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Verity R, Hathaway NJ, Waltmann A, Doctor SM, Watson OJ, Patel JC, Mwandagalirwa K, Tshefu AK, Bailey JA, Ghani AC, Juliano JJ, Meshnick SR. Plasmodium falciparum genetic variation of var2csa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Malar J. 2018 Jan 24; 17(1):46.

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Miller RH, Hathaway NJ, Kharabora O, Mwandagalirwa K, Tshefu A, Meshnick SR, Taylor SM, Juliano JJ, Stewart VA, Bailey JA. A deep sequencing approach to estimate Plasmodium falciparum complexity of infection (COI) and explore apical membrane antigen 1 diversity. Malar J. 2017 Dec 16; 16(1):490.

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Warren N, Alvarez C, Makambo MT, Johnson-Agbakwu C, Glass N. "Before the war we had it all": Family planning among couples in a post-conflict setting. Health Care Women Int. 2017 08; 38(8):796-812.

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Bornholdt ZA, Turner HL, Murin CD, Li W, Sok D, Souders CA, Piper AE, Goff A, Shamblin JD, Wollen SE, Sprague TR, Fusco ML, Pommert KB, Cavacini LA, Smith HL, Klempner M, Reimann KA, Krauland E, Gerngross TU, Wittrup KD, Saphire EO, Burton DR, Glass PJ, Ward AB, Walker LM. Isolation of potent neutralizing antibodies from a survivor of the 2014 Ebola virus outbreak. Science. 2016 Mar 04; 351(6277):1078-83.

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