Focal spleen lesions in loiasis: A pilot study in Gabon

• Bayode R. Adegbite ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bayode R. Adegbite, Federico G. Gobbi

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), Libreville, Gabon, Institut für Tropenmedizin, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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• Federico G. Gobbi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bayode R. Adegbite, Federico G. Gobbi

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy, Department of experimental and clinical sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

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• Cristina Mazzi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Research Unit, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria hospital, Negrar di Vapolicella, Verona, Italy

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• Fabrice Beral M’Baidiguim,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), Libreville, Gabon

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• Anita Lumeka,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), Libreville, Gabon

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• Andréa R.O Obele Ndong,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), Libreville, Gabon

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• Jean R. Edoa,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), Libreville, Gabon

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• Yabo J. Honkpéhèdji,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), Libreville, Gabon

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• Jeannot F. Zinsou,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), Libreville, Gabon

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• Jean C. Dejon-Agobé,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), Libreville, Gabon

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• Rella Zoleko-Manego,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), Libreville, Gabon

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• Michael Ramharter,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), Libreville, Gabon, Center for Tropical Medicine, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine & I Dep of Medicine University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, German Center for Infection Research, Partner Site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, Hamburg, Germany

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• Ayola A. Adegnika ,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ AAA and FT also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), Libreville, Gabon, Institut für Tropenmedizin, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, German Center for Infection Research, Partner Site Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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• Francesca Tamarozzi

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: francesca.tamarozzi@sacrocuore.it

  ¶‡ AAA and FT also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0478-3914

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