We tested 458 samples from 3 locations in the Republic of the Congo (Nkayi, n = 149; Madingou, n = 149; and
Owando, n = 160) by using the VP40-LIPS and pseudotype neutralization assays.
--El 22 de febrero erigio la diocesis de Gamboma (poblacion 193.000, 110.000 catolicos, 15 sacerdotes, 14 religiosos) en la Republica del Congo, con territorio desmembrado de la diocesis de
Owando, haciendola sufraganea de la archidiocesis de Brazzaville (6).
He was released from house arrest in late 1984 and ordered back to his native village of
Owando.
In the Congo, Mgr Ernest Kombo, the country's first Jesuit and Bishop of
Owando, presided over the three month long national conference and then the entire transitional process.