%0 Journal Article
%9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture non répertoriées par l'AERES
%A Noireau, François
%A Apembet, J.D.
%T Comparison of thick blood smear and saponin haemolysis for the detection of Loa loa and Mansonella perstans infections
%D 1990
%L fdi:31728
%G ENG
%J Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
%@ 0022-5304
%K FILARIOSE ; LOASE ; ENDEMIE ; SEROLOGIE ; EVALUATION ; EFFICACITE ; DIAGNOSTIC ; METHODE
%K GOUTTE EPAISSE ; MICROFILAREMIE
%P 390-392
%U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:31728
%> https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_5/b_fdi_30-30/31728.pdf
%V 93
%W Horizon (IRD)
%X In an endemic area, #Loa loa$ and #Mansonella perstans microfilariae$ were detected by the examination of 5 ml blood in respectively 7.4 and 26.2 % of subjects who would have been erroneously considered amicrofilaraemic by the conventional method of two thick blood smears (40 micro l blood). Correction factors to be applied to the results obtained with thick blood films in order to approach the true parasitological prevalences were 1.5 for #L. loa$ and 1.6 for #M. perstans$. In addition, the analysis of a large volume of blood provides a better estimation of microfilarial load of the parasitized population. (Résumé d'auteur)
%$ 052MALTRA05