Médecine et Santé Tropicales
MENURésultats préliminaires sur la situation de la loase dans le département de la Likouala, en république du Congo Volume 23, numéro 2, Avril-Mai-Juin 2013
Auteurs
- Mots-clés : prevalence, endemicity, Loa loa, epidemiology, Congo Brazzaville
- DOI : 10.1684/mst.2013.0214
- Page(s) : 227
- Année de parution : 2013
The authors report results of a prospective study to assess the prevalence of loiasis in populations older than 18 years in two villages of the Likouala district in the Congo: the study took place during a visit to Lopola in 2012 and to Lopola and Lombo in 2013. The prevalence rate was 20%. Loa loa carriers were treated with diethylcarbamazine citrate and celestamine.