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