| Descriptor English: | Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
República Democrática del Congo
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | República Democrática do Congo | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | République démocratique du Congo | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Belgian Congo Congo (Kinshasa) Katanga Zaire |
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| Tree number(s): |
Z01.058.290.100.220 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015023 | ||||||
| Scope note: | A republic in central Africa, east of the REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, south of the CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC and north of ANGOLA and ZAMBIA. The capital is Kinshasa. |
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| Annotation: | formerly Zaire (capital at Kinshasa formerly Leopoldville); do not confuse with Republic of Congo (capital at Brazzaville) ( = CONGO); for entry term ZAIRE in French titles use diacrit: Zaïre, in English titles spell as Zaire |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
EH ethnology EP epidemiology |
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| History Note: | 98(74) |
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| DeCS ID: | 15419 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D015023 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1998/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2008/07/08 |
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Katanga
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| Concept UI |
M0023117 |
| Scope note | A republic in central Africa, east of the REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, south of the CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC and north of ANGOLA and ZAMBIA. The capital is Kinshasa. |
| Preferred term | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Entry term(s) |
Belgian Congo Congo (Kinshasa) Zaire |
| Concept UI |
M0023118 |
| Preferred term | Katanga |
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