Microfilaremic Loiasis and Mansonella perstans Infection Prevalence and Sociodemographic Risk Factors in Urban and Rural Provinces of Gabon, Central Africa
Luccheri Ndong Akomezoghe, Noé Patrick M’Bondoukwé, Reinne Moutongo Mouandza, Jacques Mari Ndong Ngomo, Bridy Chesly Moutombi Ditombi, Coella Joyce Mihindou, Dimitri Ardin Moussavou Mabicka, Mérédith Flore Ada Mengome, Bédrich Pongui Ngondza, Maryvonne Kombila, Marielle Karine Bouyou Akotet & Denise Patricia Mawili Mboumba · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2025
Introduction: Loiasis and blood mansonellosis are parasitic vector borne diseases, the most widespread in Gabon after malaria. Loiasis presents all characteristics of a Neglected Tropical Diseases with recent implication on excess mortality among hypermicrofilaremia patients and...