Diagnostic performance of capillary and venous blood samples in the detection of Loa loa and Mansonella perstans microfilaraemia using light microscopy

BACKGROUND: Loa loa and Mansonella perstans–the causative agents of loiasis and mansonellosis—are vector-borne filarial parasites co-endemic in sub-Saharan Africa. Diagnosis of both infections is usually established by microscopic analysis of blood samples. It was recently established that the odds...

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Autores principales: Mischlinger, Johannes, Manego, Rella Zoleko, Mombo-Ngoma, Ghyslain, Ekoka Mbassi, Dorothea, Hackbarth, Nina, Ekoka Mbassi, Franck-Aurelien, Davi, Saskia Dede, Kreuzmair, Ruth, Veletzky, Luzia, Hergeth, Jennifer, Ndoumba, Wilfrid Nzebe, Pitzinger, Paul, Groger, Mirjam, Matsiegui, Pierre Blaise, Adegnika, Ayôla Akim, Agnandji, Selidji Todagbe, Lell, Bertrand, Ramharter, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8389422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34398886
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009623

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