Validation of the rapid assessment procedure for loiasis (RAPLOA) in the democratic republic of Congo
Open Access
- 2 February 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Parasites & Vectors
- Vol. 5 (1), 25-10
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-5-25
Abstract
A simple method called RAPLOA, to rapidly assess what proportion of people in a community are infected with L. loa and hence which communities are at high risk of severe adverse reactions following ivermectin treatment, was developed in Cameroon and Nigeria. The method needed further validation in other geographical and cultural contexts before its application in all endemic countries. The present study was designed to validate RAPLOA in two regions in the North East and South West of the Democratic Republic of Congo.Keywords
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