Loa loa Microfilariae in Skin Snips: Consequences for Onchocerciasis Monitoring and Evaluation in L. loa-Endemic Areas.
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ABSTRACT: 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.
SUBMITTER: Nana-Djeunga HC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6792118 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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