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Viral and Microbial Circulation Between Humans, Domesticated and Wild Animals Along an Ecotone, Democratic Republic of Congo

NCT04012164 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2024-03-27

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Summary

This study will evaluate the overlap between the intestinal microbiome and virome of wild and domesticated animals and human beings living in close proximity in three sites along an ecotone (ecological gradient) in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Conditions

  • Zoonotic Disease

Interventions

BIOLOGICAL

blood sampling

5ml blood sampling

BIOLOGICAL

stool collection

self stool collection (2g)

OTHER

Participatory activity and contact investigation

30 human subjects will self-report daily activities and contacts with selected wild and domesticated animals for five months.

OTHER

Anthropological and historical interviews

Oral interviews on current and past practices and engagements with wild and domesticated animals will be conducted with the 30 human subjects who are recruited to self-report their activities (Participatory activity and contact investigation) and to provide blood and stool samples. Another 30 human subjects will be recruited only to participate in the same type of interviews, addressing past and present activities and relations with wild and domesticated animals.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale. Kinshasa, République Démocratique du Congo

    collaborator OTHER

  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    collaborator OTHER

  • University Paris 7 - Denis Diderot

    collaborator OTHER

  • Institut Pasteur

    lead INDUSTRY

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-03-15
Primary Completion
2021-09-21
Completion
2021-09-21

Countries

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo

Study Locations

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