%0 Journal Article
%9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES
%A Nana-Djeunga, H. C.
%A Fossuo-Thotchum, F.
%A Pion, Sébastien
%A Chesnais, Cedric
%A Kubofcik, J.
%A Mackenzie, C. D.
%A Klion, A. D.
%A Boussinesq, Michel
%A Nutman, T. B.
%A Kamgno, J.
%T Loa loa Microfilariae in skin snips : consequences for onchocerciasis monitoring and evaluation in L. loa-endemic areas
%D 2019
%L fdi:010077139
%G ENG
%J Clinical Infectious Diseases
%@ 1058-4838
%K skin snip ; Onchocerca volvulus ; Loa loa ; filariasis ; diagnosis
%K AFRIQUE
%M ISI:000491239500024
%N 9
%P 1628-1630
%R 10.1093/cid/ciz172
%U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010077139
%> https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2019/11/010077139.pdf
%V 69
%W Horizon (IRD)
%X 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.
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