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SUBMITTER: Mourembou G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4618925 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mourembou Gaël G Fenollar Florence F Lekana-Douki Jean Bernard JB Ndjoyi Mbiguino Angelique A Maghendji Nzondo Sydney S Matsiegui Pierre Blaise PB Zoleko Manego Rella R Ehounoud Cyrille Herve Bile CH Bittar Fadi F Raoult Didier D Mediannikov Oleg O
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 20151020 10
<h4>Background</h4>Like other tropical African countries, Gabon is afflicted by many parasitic diseases, including filariases such as loiasis and mansonellosis. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of these two filarial diseases in febrile and afebrile children using quantitative real-time PCR and standard PCR assays coupled with sequencing.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>DNA from blood specimens of 1,418 Gabonese children (1,258 febrile and 160 afebrile) were analyzed. Overall, fila ...[more]