Organised Session
Loiasis - the African Eyeworm: An ignored tropical disease is moving into the limelight

Programm

• 13:00 – 13:15 15 Min. 0 Min.

  • Lecture

  Introduction to epidemiology of loiasis in endemic regions

  • Prof Marielle Bouyou Akotet (Libreville / GA)
• 13:15 – 13:30 15 Min. 0 Min.

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  Clinical presentation and long-term complications of loiasis in endemic regions

  • Dr Michel Boussinesq (Paris / FR)
• 13:30 – 13:45 15 Min. 0 Min.

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  Loiasis in the returning traveller

  • Prof Federico Gobbi (Verona / IT)
• 13:45 – 14:00 15 Min. 0 Min.

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  Challenges and recent advances in the treatment of loiasis

  • Prof Michael Ramharter (Hamburg / DE)
• 14:00 – 14:15 15 Min. 0 Min.

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  Outlook of management and control of loiasis

  • Dr Rella Zoleko Manego (Lambaréné / GA)
• 14:15 – 14:30 15 Min. 0 Min.

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  Loiasis from a perspective of the Expanded Special Project for Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ESPEN) at WHO

  • Dr Maria Rebollo Polo (Gent / CH)