[PDF][PDF] Noé Patrick M'Bondoukwé1, Matthieu Owono‑Medang1, Marie Noëlle Moussavou‑Boussougou1, Yvan Akoue1, Valentin Migueba1, Dmitry Bulaev3, Anouk …

DP Mawili‑Mboumba, J Atsame, M Vaillant… - 2024 - parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral …
Background The aim of this study was to determine performance indicators of thick blood
smears of 50 µl (TBS‑50), following the Standards for the Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy …

Low Diagnostic Performance of Thick Blood Smears of 50 µL in Comparison with Blood Direct Examination of 10 µL and Leukoconcentration Techniques among …

NP M'Bondoukwé, M Owono-Medang… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Background The aim of the study was to determine performance indicators of the Thick
Blood Smear of 50 µL (TBS-50), following Standards for the Reporting of Diagnostic …

[HTML][HTML] Low diagnostic performance of thick blood smears of 50 µl in comparison with direct examination of 10 µl blood and the leukoconcentration technique of 5ml …

NP M'Bondoukwé, M Owono-Medang… - Parasites & …, 2024 - Springer
Background The aim of this study was to determine performance indicators of thick blood
smears of 50 µl (TBS-50), following the Standards for the Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy …

Reliability evaluation in rural Congo of the calibrated blood smear technique to assess Loa loa microfilaremia level

JT Campillo, F Louya, P Bikita, F Missamou… - … Tropicale et Sante …, 2023 - europepmc.org
Materials and methods We evaluated the reliability (reproducibility and repeatability) of
blood smear technique using several sets of 10 L. loo-positive slides, randomly selected …

Standardisation of lymphatic filariasis microfilaraemia prevalence estimates based on different diagnostic methods: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

VM NVS, LE Coffeng, SJ de Vlas, WA Stolk - Parasites & Vectors, 2020 - europepmc.org
Background Lymphatic filariasis (LF) infection is generally diagnosed through
parasitological identification of microfilariae (mf) in the blood. Although historically the most …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of diagnostic test outcomes in a large loiasis cohort from an endemic region: Serological tests are often false negative in hyper-microfilaremic …

L Veletzky, KA Eberhardt, J Hergeth… - PLOS Neglected …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background The parasitic disease loiasis is associated with significant morbidity and
mortality. Individuals with hyper-microfilaremia (greater than 20,000 microfilariae per mL of …

Validity and reliability of methods to microscopically detect and quantify malaria parasitaemia

J Mischlinger, P Pitzinger, L Veletzky… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The recommended microscopy method by WHO to quantify malaria parasitaemia
yields inaccurate results when individual leucocyte (WBC) counts deviate from 8000 …

[HTML][HTML] Standardisation of lymphatic filariasis microfilaraemia prevalence estimates based on different diagnostic methods: a systematic review and meta-analysis

NVS Vinkeles Melchers, LE Coffeng, SJ de Vlas… - Parasites & …, 2020 - Springer
Background Lymphatic filariasis (LF) infection is generally diagnosed through
parasitological identification of microfilariae (mf) in the blood. Although historically the most …

[HTML][HTML] Relative performance and predictive values of plasma and dried blood spots with filter paper sampling techniques and dilutions of the lymphatic filariasis …

J Masson, J Douglass, M Roineau, KS Aye… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Diagnostic testing of blood samples for parasite antigen Og4C3 is used to assess
Wuchereria bancrofti in endemic populations. However, the Tropbio ELISA recommends that …

Association Between Blood Loa loa Microfilarial Density and Proteinuria Levels: A Population Based Cross-Sectional Study in a Rural Area of the Republic of Congo

JT Campillo, MC Hemilembolo, SD Pion… - Loa loa, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
Background: Case-reports hypothesized that proteinuria, sometimes with glomerulopathy or
nephrotic syndromes, may be associated with loiasis. No specific study has ever been …