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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Published in:PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Main Authors: Gobbi, Federico, Buonfrate, Dora, Boussinesq, Michel, Chesnais, Cedric B., Pion, Sebastien D., Silva, Ronaldo, Moro, Lucia, Rodari, Paola, Tamarozzi, Francesca, Biamonte, Marco, Bisoffi, Zeno
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7274468/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32453734
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008187
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