Loiasis: bringing an end to neglect
The Lancet/World Report/ 3. Oktober 2024
Loa loa infections affect up to 20 million people in Central and West Africa, but options for treatment and control are widely inadequate. Laura Salm-Reifferscheidt reports.
José Mouanga Ma is setting up flytraps on the banks of the Ngounie River near Sindara, a village in the rainforest in Gabon. He recounts the moment, 30 years ago, when he first felt a stabbing pain in his eye. He ran to his father, asking him to have a look. “A worm, a little worm is moving in your eye!”, the 45-year-old remembers his father exclaiming.
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