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Volume 32, Number 4—April 2026

Research

Seroprevalence of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Infection in Humans and Domestic Ruminants, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Boniface Pongombo Lombe1, Yannick Munyeku-Bazitama1, Gracia Kashitu-Mujinga, Patrick Kakoni Mukadi, Honoré Mampasi, Curé Georges Mbuyi Tshilenge, Marguerite Pemba Manwana, Noël Mwayakala, Niclette Bibi Zenga, Patient Okitale-Talunda, Elisabeth Pukuta-Simbu, Suguru Taga, Gaston Sefu Amzati, Masahiro Kajihara, Pierre Nsele Mutantu, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Justin Masumu, Sheila Makiala-Mandanda, and Ayato TakadaComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Central Veterinary Laboratory of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (B.P. Lombe, C.G.M. Tshilenge, J. Masumu); National Pedagogical University, Kinshasa (B.P. Lombe, N. Mwayakala, G.S. Amzati, J. Masumu); University of Kikwit, Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Y. Munyeku-Bazitama); University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa (Y. Munyeku-Bazitama, G. Kashitu-Mujinga, P.K. Mukadi, C.G.M. Tshilenge, P. Okitale-Talunda, P.N. Mutantu, J.J. Muyembe-Tamfum, S. Ahuka-Mundeke, S. Makiala-Mandanda); Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa (Y. Munyeku-Bazitama, G. Kashitu-Mujinga, P.K. Mukadi, M.P. Manwana, N.B. Zenga, P. Okitale-Talunda, E. Pukuta-Simbu, P.N. Mutantu, J.J. Muyembe-Tamfum, S. Ahuka-Mundeke, J.M. Masumu, S. Makiala-Mandanda); Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan (Y. Munyeku-Bazitama, P. Okitale-Talunda, S. Taga, M. Kajihara, A. Takada); Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan (P.K. Mukadi), Compagnie des grands élevages de Katongola, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (H. Mampasi); University of Zambia School of Veterinary Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia (M. Kajihara, A. Takada)

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Figure 2

Distribution of provinces by climate, vegetation, and elevation in study of seroprevalence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus infection in humans and domestic ruminants, Democratic Republic of the Congo. A) Climate types based on Köppen-Geiger climate classification (1991–2020 dataset). B) Vegetation type by province. C) Provinces by elevation. QGIS software version 3.14 (https://qgis.com) was used to generate maps.

Figure 2. Distribution of provinces by climate, vegetation, and elevation in study of seroprevalence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus infection in humans and domestic ruminants, Democratic Republic of the Congo. A) Climate types based on Köppen-Geiger climate classification (1991–2020 dataset). B) Vegetation type by province. C) Provinces by elevation. QGIS software version 3.14 (https://qgis.com) was used to generate maps.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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