Epidemiology of concomitant infection due to Loa loa and Mansonella perstans in Gabon.

• Главные авторы: Jean Paul Akue (Автор), Dieudonné Nkoghe (Автор), Cindy Padilla (Автор), Ghislain Moussavou (Автор), Hubert Moukana (Автор), Roger Antoine Mbou (Автор), Benjamin Ollomo (Автор), Eric Maurice Leroy (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: The filarial parasites Loa loa and Mansonnella perstans are endemic in the central and western African forest block. Loa loa is pathogenic and represents a major obstacle to the control of co-endemic filariae because its treatment can cause fatal complications such as encephalitis. METHO...