Clinical Trial: Reservoir of Invasive Salmonellosis in Children, DRC

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational



Official Title: The Potential Role of the Household Environment as the Reservoir for Invasive Salmonellosis in Children, Kisangani, DR Congo.

Brief 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.