Excess Mortality Associated With Loiasis: Confirmation by a New Retrospective Cohort Study Conducted in the Republic of Congo.

Marlhand C HemilemboloAnge Clauvel NiamaJérémy T CampilloSébastien D PionFrançois MissamouCharles WhittakerJean-Médard KankouGilbert NdziessiRichard R BileckotMichel BoussinesqCédric B Chesnais

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2023)

microfilaremia, confirming previous observations from Cameroon. This adds to the evidence that loiasis is not a benign disease and deserves to be included in the WHO's list of Neglected Tropical Diseases.

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