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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 39(1), 1988, pp. 91-92
Copyright © 1988 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Filariasis in Gabon: Human Infections with Microfilaria Rodhaini

D. Richard-Lenoble, M. Kombila, O. Bain*, J. Chandenier{dagger} AND O. Mariotte
Département de Parasitologie-Médecine Tropicale, CUSS, Libreville, Gabon
* Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Paris
{dagger} Détaché du Service de Parasitologie, CHU, Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France

In examining skin snips from 1,830 Gabonese 32 were found to have microfilariae indistinguishable from Microfilaria rodhaini. The microfilaria is 300.2 µm long and 2.2 µm wide. Specific clinical signs were not identified, as the same person often was infected by other filaria.

Accepted for publication July 7, 1988.






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