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More than 20 million people are infected with Loa loa, and around 40 million live in high or intermediate-risk areas in West- and Central Africa. In studying perception of loiasis in a highly affected area in rural Gabon, Hildebrandt et al find that communities are aware of the disease but that gaps in knowledge exist regarding the mode of transmission. The available healthcare system does not seem to provide adequate management for loiasis in this region.
Image Credit: Hildebrandt et al, 2024
Citation: (2024) PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Issue Image | Vol. 18(5) June 2024. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 18(5): ev18.i05. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pntd.v18.i05
Published: June 3, 2024
Copyright: © 2024 . This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
More than 20 million people are infected with Loa loa, and around 40 million live in high or intermediate-risk areas in West- and Central Africa. In studying perception of loiasis in a highly affected area in rural Gabon, Hildebrandt et al find that communities are aware of the disease but that gaps in knowledge exist regarding the mode of transmission. The available healthcare system does not seem to provide adequate management for loiasis in this region.
Image Credit: Hildebrandt et al, 2024