A novel rapid test for detecting antibody responses to Loa loa infections.

• Main Authors: Bijan Pedram (Author), Valérie Pasquetto (Author), Papa M Drame (Author), Yongchang Ji (Author), Maria J Gonzalez-Moa (Author), Richard K Baldwin (Author), Thomas B Nutman (Author), Marco A Biamonte (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Ivermectin-based mass drug administration (MDA) programs have achieved remarkable success towards the elimination of onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis. However, their full implementation has been hindered in Central Africa by the occurrence of ivermectin-related severe adverse events (SAEs) in...