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Validation of the rapid assessment procedure for loiasis (RAPLOA) in the democratic republic of Congo

BACKGROUND: A simple method called RAPLOA, to rapidly assess what proportion of people in a community are infected with L. loa and hence which communities are at high risk of severe adverse reactions following ivermectin treatment, was developed in Cameroon and Nigeria. The method needed further val...

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Autores principales: Wanji, Samuel, Akotshi, Dowo O, Mutro, Maurice N, Tepage, Floribert, Ukety, Tony O, Diggle, Peter J, Remme, Jan H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3292485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22300872
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-5-25