Cross-Reactivity of Filariais ICT Cards in Areas of Contrasting Endemicity of Loa loa and Mansonella perstans in Cameroon: Implications for Shrinking of the Lymphatic Filariasis Map in the Central African Region

Samuel Wanji; Nathalie Amvongo-Adjia; Benjamin Koudou; Abdel Jelil Njouendou; Patrick W. Chounna Ndongmo; Jonas A. Kengne-Ouafo; Fabrice R. Datchoua-Poutcheu; Bridget Adzemye Fovennso; Dizzle Bita Tayong; Fanny Fri Fombad; Peter U. Fischer; Peter I. Enyong; Moses Bockarie

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004184

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Cross-Reactivity of Filariais ICT Cards in Areas of Contrasting Endemicity of Loa loa and Mansonella perstans in Cameroon: Implications for Shrinking of the Lymphatic Filariasis Map in the Central African Region

Samuel Wanji ,

* E-mail: swanji@yahoo.fr

Affiliations Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon
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Nathalie Amvongo-Adjia ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Nathalie Amvongo-Adjia, Abdel Jelil Njouendou

Affiliations Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon, Laboratory of Parasitology and Ecology, Department of Animal Biology and Physiology, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaounde, Cameroon
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Benjamin Koudou,

Affiliation Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases (incorporating the Lymphatic Filariasis Support Centre), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Abdel Jelil Njouendou ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Nathalie Amvongo-Adjia, Abdel Jelil Njouendou

Affiliations Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon
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Patrick W. Chounna Ndongmo,

Affiliations Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon
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Jonas A. Kengne-Ouafo,

Affiliations Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon
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Fabrice R. Datchoua-Poutcheu,

Affiliation Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon
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Bridget Adzemye Fovennso,

Affiliation Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon
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Dizzle Bita Tayong,

Affiliations Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon
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Fanny Fri Fombad,

Affiliations Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon
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Peter U. Fischer,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Peter I. Enyong,

Affiliations Parasites and Vector Biology research unit (PAVBRU), Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment (REFOTDE), Buea, Cameroon
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Moses Bockarie

Affiliation Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases (incorporating the Lymphatic Filariasis Support Centre), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Cross-Reactivity of Filariais ICT Cards in Areas of Contrasting Endemicity of Loa loa and Mansonella perstans in Cameroon: Implications for Shrinking of the Lymphatic Filariasis Map in the Central African Region

Samuel Wanji,
Nathalie Amvongo-Adjia,
Benjamin Koudou,
Abdel Jelil Njouendou,
Patrick W. Chounna Ndongmo,
Jonas A. Kengne-Ouafo,
Fabrice R. Datchoua-Poutcheu,
Bridget Adzemye Fovennso,
Dizzle Bita Tayong,
Fanny Fri Fombad

Published: November 6, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004184

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