Number blood cultures (BC) and number of <i>Salmonella</i> Typhimurium (T), <i>Salmonella</i> Enteritidis (E) and other NTS (O) by province and year of isolation.

a<p>January 2011 only.</p>b<p>Onset of an epidemic outbreak in Kisantu, province of Bas-Congo <a href="http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002103#pntd.0002103-Phoba1" target="_blank">[11]</a>.</p

Minimal inhibitory concentrations and antimicrobial resistance in 233 non-typhoidal <i>Salmonella</i> from DR Congo.

<p>MIC: Minimal Inhibitory Concentration (mg/l); TMP-SMX: trimethoprim/sulphamethoxazole; MDR: multidrug resistant (Co-resistance against ampicillin, chloramphenicol and trimethoprim/sulphamethoxazole), DCS: decreased ciprofloxacin susceptibility; na not applicable.</p>a<p>intermediate susceptible isolates were considered together with the resistant isolates;</p>b<p><a href="http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002103#pntd.0002103-EUCAST1" target="_blank">[24]</a>.</p

Origin of blood cultures and NTS in DR Congo (number of NTS grown/number of blood cultures received at INRB).

<p>Approximate positions of Kinshasa (4°23′S 15°26′E), Bambesa (3°27′N 25°43′E) and the equator are indicated.</p

Additional file 1: of High prevalence of IgG antibodies to Ebola virus in the EfĂŠ pygmy population in the Watsa region, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Efe pygmy, Watsa, DRC: EBOV exposures data. (XLSX 49 kb

Average number of NTS per month south and north of the equator (black and grey bars respectively) and average monthly rainfall in Kinshasa (4°23′S 15°26′E, black line) and Bambesa (3°27′N 25°43′E, grey line).

<p>Average number of NTS per month south and north of the equator (black and grey bars respectively) and average monthly rainfall in Kinshasa (4°23′S 15°26′E, black line) and Bambesa (3°27′N 25°43′E, grey line).</p

Number of blood cultures, clinically significant organisms and <i>Salmonella</i> Typhi in function of age.

<p>CSO: Clinically significant organisms [<i>Salmonella,</i> other <i>Enterobacteriaceae (Klebsiella spp., Enterobacter spp</i>., <i>Citrobacter spp., Escherichia coli), Staphylococcus aureus, Candida sp., Streptococcus spp</i>.].</p><p>ND: not determined.</p

Origin of blood cultures and <i>Salmonella</i> Typhi isolates in DR Congo.

<p>Number of <i>Salmonella</i> Typhi grown/number of blood cultures received at INRB. •: Places where <i>Salmonella</i> Typhi positive cultures were obtained.</p

Distribution of ape fecal samples according to the country and ape species.

<p>Legend: Forest sites of feces collection (See <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0054679#pone-0054679-g001" target="_blank">Figure 1</a>). <b>Nch</b>: number of chimpanzee samples, <b>Ngor</b>: number of gorilla samples.</p><p><b>N positive PCR</b>: number of samples found to be positive for <i>Rickettsia</i> spp. The number of samples positive for <i>Rickettsia felis</i> is in parentheses.</p><p><b><i>P.t.t</i></b><i>: Pan troglodytes troglodytes;</i><b>P.p</b>: Pan paniscus; <b><i>G.g.g</i></b><i>: Gorilla gorilla gorilla/.</i></p><p><b>DRC</b>: Democratic Republic of Congo.</p

Prevalence of <i>Plasmodium spp.</i>[17] and <i>Rickettsia spp.</i> in chimpanzees, gorillas and bonobos found in Cameroon and DRC.

<p>Prevalence of <i>Plasmodium spp.</i><a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0054679#pone.0054679-Liu1" target="_blank">[17]</a> and <i>Rickettsia spp.</i> in chimpanzees, gorillas and bonobos found in Cameroon and DRC.</p

Analysis procedure.

<p>Analysis procedure.</p