Performance of two serodiagnostic tests for loiasis in a Non-Endemic area.

• Main Authors: Federico Gobbi (Author), Dora Buonfrate (Author), Michel Boussinesq (Author), Cedric B Chesnais (Author), Sebastien D Pion (Author), Ronaldo Silva (Author), Lucia Moro (Author), Paola Rodari (Author), Francesca Tamarozzi (Author), Marco Biamonte (Author), Zeno Bisoffi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Loiasis, caused by the filarial nematode Loa loa, is endemic in Central and West Africa where about 10 million people are infected. There is a scarcity of convenient, commercial diagnostics for L. loa. Microscopy requires trained personnel and has low sensitivity, while the serodiagnosis is currentl...