@article{33057,
  keywords = {Loa loa, Microfilariae, Monitoring and evaluation, onchocerciasis},
  author = {Nana-Djeunga HC and Fossuo-Thotchum F and Pion S and Chesnais C and Kubofcik J and Mackenzie C and Klion A and Boussinesq M and Nutman T and Kamgno J},
  title = {Loa loa microfilariae in skin snips: consequences for onchocerciasis monitoring and evaluation in L. loa endemic areas.},
  abstract = {<p>The specificity of skin snips for onchocerciasis diagnosis is considered to be almost 100%. In this study, 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.</p>
},
  year = {2019},
  journal = {Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America},
  issn = {1537-6591},
  doi = {10.1093/cid/ciz172},
  language = {eng},
}