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Volume 32, Number 7—July 2026

Research

Molecular Epidemiology of Skin-Dwelling Filariae and Risk Factors for Mansonella streptocerca Infection, Gabon

Capucine Marie Sicard, Mara Fischer, Chiara Wizemann, Marilen Bartling, Linda Martin, Miriam Rodi, Juliana Inoue, Sabrina Valeria Sinopoli, Esther Mehmel, Andrea Kreidenweiss, Pierre Blaise Matsiegui, Michael Ramharter, Selidji Todagbe Agnandji, and Jana HeldComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Institute of Tropical Medicine Tübingen, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany (C.M. Sicard, M. Fischer, C. Wizemann, M. Bartling, L. Martin, M. Rodi, J. Inoue, S.V. Sinopoli, A. Kreidenweiss, J. Held); Bernhard-Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany (E. Mehmel, A. Kreidenweiss, M. Ramharter); Centre de Recherches Médicales de la Ngounié, Fougamou, Gabon (P.B. Matsiegui); German Center for Infection Research, Partner Sites Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, Hamburg (M. Ramharter); Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), Lambaréné, Gabon (M. Ramharter, S.T. Agnandji, J. Held); Institute for Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany (S.T. Agnandji); German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Tübingen, Tübingen (A. Kreidenweiss, J. Held)

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Figure 1

Sampling sites across central Gabon in study of molecular epidemiology of skin-dwelling filariae and risk factors for Mansonella streptocerca infection, Gabon. For clarity in labeling, nearby semiurban sampling sites were grouped under their respective town names (e.g., Lambaréné, Bifoun, Fougamou). Although Sindara is a cluster of rural villages, not a town, it was labeled as a town because of the high number of sampling sites in the area and its central role in the analysis. Inset map shows location of study area in Gabon.

Figure 1. Sampling sites across central Gabon in study of molecular epidemiology of skin-dwelling filariae and risk factors for Mansonella streptocerca infection, Gabon. For clarity in labeling, nearby semiurban sampling sites were grouped under their respective town names (e.g., Lambaréné, Bifoun, Fougamou). Although Sindara is a cluster of rural villages, not a town, it was labeled as a town because of the high number of sampling sites in the area and its central role in the analysis. Inset map shows location of study area in Gabon.

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