Epidemiology of Concomitant Infection Due to Loa loa and Mansonella perstans in Gabon

BACKGROUND: The filarial parasites Loa loa and Mansonnella perstans are endemic in the central and western African forest block. Loa loa is pathogenic and represents a major obstacle to the control of co-endemic filariae because its treatment can cause fatal complications such as encephalitis. METHO...

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Autores principales: Akue, Jean Paul, Nkoghe, Dieudonné, Padilla, Cindy, Moussavou, Ghislain, Moukana, Hubert, Mbou, Roger Antoine, Ollomo, Benjamin, Leroy, Eric Maurice
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3191124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22022623
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001329

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