Mansonella, including a Potential New Species, as Common Parasites in Children in Gabon.

• Main Authors: Gaël Mourembou (Author), Florence Fenollar (Author), Jean Bernard Lekana-Douki (Author), Angelique Ndjoyi Mbiguino (Author), Sydney Maghendji Nzondo (Author), Pierre Blaise Matsiegui (Author), Rella Zoleko Manego (Author), Cyrille Herve Bile Ehounoud (Author), Fadi Bittar (Author), Didier Raoult (Author), Oleg Mediannikov (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Like other tropical African countries, Gabon is afflicted by many parasitic diseases, including filariases such as loiasis and mansonellosis. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of these two filarial diseases in febrile and afebrile children using quantitative real-time PCR and standard PCR as...