Nana-Djeunga H. C., Fossuo-Thotchum F., Pion Sébastien, Chesnais Cedric, Kubofcik J., Mackenzie C. D., Klion A. D., Boussinesq Michel, Nutman T. B., Kamgno J. (2019). Loa loa Microfilariae in skin snips : consequences for onchocerciasis monitoring and evaluation in L. loa-endemic areas. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69 (9), p. 1628-1630. ISSN 1058-4838.
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Loa loa Microfilariae in skin snips : consequences for onchocerciasis monitoring and evaluation in L. loa-endemic areas
Nana-Djeunga H. C., Fossuo-Thotchum F., Pion Sébastien, Chesnais Cedric, Kubofcik J., Mackenzie C. D., Klion A. D., Boussinesq Michel, Nutman T. B., Kamgno J.
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Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2019,
69 (9), p. 1628-1630 ISSN 1058-4838
The specificity of skin snips for onchocerciasis diagnoses is considered to be almost 100%. Our molecular methods revealed that microfilariae emerging from skin snips collected from highly microfilaremic Loa loa-infected individuals were largely misidentified as Onchocerca volvulus. This has important implications for onchocerciasis diagnostic testing in Loa-endemic areas.
