Abstract:Las filariosis son enfermedades endémicas de regiones tropicales ocasionadas por nematodos filiformes trasmitidos por la picadura de insectos. Producen elevada morbilidad. La loaosis (Loa Loa) y la mansonelosis (Mansonella perstans) afectan globalmente a 10 y 100 millones de personas, respectivamente. El diagnóstico de certeza es parasitológico, pero no detecta infecciones precoces o bajas microfilaremias y hay que considerar la periodicidad de las microfilarias en sangre. Las técnicas moleculares, como la PCR… Show more
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