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Reservoir of Invasive Salmonellosis in Children, DRC

NCT03073707 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 96

Last updated 2017-06-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Bloodstream infections caused by non-typhoid Salmonella (NTS) are a major killing disease in Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite the high case fatality rate, the main reservoir -human, zoonotic or environmental- for invasive NTS rests unknown.

The main objective of this study is to assess

1. the household environment (household member, cattle and pets, rats) for intestinal carriage of NTS and
2. the household water supply for presence of NTS .

Households of children with proven NTS invasive infection will be addressed.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Sample collection

Stool samples will be collected from household members of children diagnosed with NTS infection. In addition stool samples of animals and rats will be collected as well as samples of the water supply of the household.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • KU Leuven

    collaborator OTHER

  • Université de Kisangani

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dadi Falay, Pediatrician · University of Kisangani

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-01-31
Primary Completion
2017-04-30
Completion
2017-04-30

Countries

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo

Study Locations

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