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Excess Mortality Associated With Loiasis: Confirmation by a New Retrospective Cohort Study Conducted in the Republic of Congo.
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- Laboratory diagnosis of loiasis to support individual patient management: A systematic review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Pooled it
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- Assessment of the efficacy and safety of two albendazole regimens for the treatment of hypermicrofilaraemic loiasis in adults in Woleu-Ntem Province, Gabon: A phase IIb single-blind randomised controlled trial.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Trial
- From the Laboratory to the Field: Assessing the Usability of the NTDscope in the Tropical Rainforest Region of Gabon.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2026Article
- Ocular loiasis in a pediatric patient: description of a case without microfilaremia.BMC ophthalmology · 2026Article
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- Plasma Proteomics Reveals Distinct Signatures in Occult and Microfilaremic Loa loa Infections.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Disability and quality of life assessment using WHODAS-12 items 2.0 and EQ-5D-5L in a rural area endemic for loiasis in the Republic of Congo: A population-based cross-sectional study (the MorLo project).PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Chronic kidney disease related to Loa loa microfilaremia in a rural area of the Republic of Congo: a population-based cross-sectional study.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2025Article
- Revisiting the Loa loa microfilaremia thresholds above which serious adverse events may occur with ivermectin treatment.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Association between Loa loa microfilaremia and anatomical hyposplenia in a rural area of the Republic of Congo: a population-based cross-sectional study.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2025Article
- Incidence of loiasis clinical manifestations in a rural area of the Republic of Congo: Results from a longitudinal prospective study (the MorLo project).PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Recurring Transient Tooth Pain as Newly Described Symptom of Migratory Loiasis: A Mixed-Methods Study in Rural Gabon.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2024Article
- Evaluation of a novel biplex rapid diagnostic test for antibody responses to Loa loa and Onchocerca volvulus infections.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Reported healthcare-seeking of loiasis patients and estimation of the associated monetary burden in Gabon: Data from a cross-sectional survey.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Focal spleen lesions in loiasis: A pilot study in Gabon.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Clinical and epidemiological features of imported loiasis in Beijing: a report from patients returned from Africa.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Eosinophils, basophils and myeloid-derived suppressor cells in chronic Loa loa infection and its treatment in an endemic setting.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Analysis of diagnostic test outcomes in a large loiasis cohort from an endemic region: Serological tests are often false negative in hyper-microfilaremic infections.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Association between arterial stiffness and Loa loa microfilaremia in a rural area of the Republic of Congo: A population-based cross-sectional study (the MorLo project).PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Loiasis ( Methods: The cohort included 3329 individuals from 53 villages screened for loiasis in 2004. We compared mortality rates in 2021 for individuals initially diagnosed as with or without Results: At baseline, prevalence of microfilaremia was 16.2%. During 17.62 years of cohort follow-up, 751 deaths were recorded, representing a crude mortality rate of 15.36 (95% CI, 14.28-16.50) per 1000 person-years. Median survival time was 58.5 (95% CI, 49.7-67.3) years and 39.2 (95% CI, 32.6-45.8) years for amicrofilaremic and microfilaremic indiviudals, respectively. Conclusions: A significant reduction in life expectancy was associated with
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