Morbidity due to Loiasis: population-wide evaluation and identification of pathogenic mechanisms

Project Information

MorLo

Grant agreement ID: 949963

DOI

10.3030/949963

EC signature date 15 January 2021

Start date 1 February 2021

End date 31 January 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 499 105,00

EU contribution

€ 1 499 105,00

Coordinated by

INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT
France

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (11)

Evaluation of a novel biplex rapid diagnostic test for antibody responses to Loa loa and Onchocerca volvulus infections

Author(s): Jérémy T. Campillo, Marco A. Biamonte, Marlhand C. Hemilembolo, François Missamou, Michel Boussinesq, Sébastien D. S. Pion, Cédric B. Chesnais
Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Issue 18, 2024, Page(s) e0012567, ISSN 1935-2735
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012567

Disability and quality of life assessment using WHODAS-12 items 2.0 and EQ-5D-5L in a rural area endemic for loiasis in the Republic of Congo: A population-based cross-sectional study (the MorLo project)

Author(s): Marlhand C. Hemilembolo, Jérémy T. Campillo, Valentin Dupasquier, Elodie Lebredonchel, Samuel Beneteau, Ludovic G. Rancé, Glorifié Madoulou Moulabou, Ange Clauvel Niama, Richard R. Bileckot, Sébastien D. S. Pion, Michel Boussinesq, François Missamou, Cédric B. Chesnais
Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Issue 19, 2025, Page(s) e0013491, ISSN 1935-2735
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0013491

Variability of Loa loa microfilarial counts in successive blood smears and its potential implication in drug-related serious adverse events

Author(s): Tristan M. Lepage, Jérémy T. Campillo, Frédéric Louya, Paul Bikita, François Missamou, Marlhand C. Hemilembolo, Sébastien D. S. Pion, Michel Boussinesq, Cédric B. Chesnais
Published in: Parasites & Vectors, Issue 17, 2024, ISSN 1756-3305
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-024-06494-0

Association between altered cognition and Loa loa microfilaremia: First evidence from a cross-sectional study in a rural area of the Republic of Congo

Author(s): Thomas Checkouri, Francois Missamou, Sebastien D. S. Pion, Paul Bikita, Marlhand C. Hemilembolo, Michel Boussinesq, Cedric B. Chesnais, Jeremy T. Campillo
Published in: Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023, ISSN 1935-2735
Publisher: San Francisco CA: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011430

Association between blood Loa loa microfilarial density and proteinuria levels in a rural area of the Republic of Congo (the MorLo project): a population-based cross-sectional study

Author(s): Jérémy T Campillo, Marlhand C Hemilembolo, Sébastien D S Pion, Elodie Lebredonchel, Valentin Dupasquier, Charlotte Boullé, Ludovic G Rancé, Michel Boussinesq, François Missamou, Cédric B Chesnais
Published in: Lancet Microbe, 2023, ISSN 2666-5247
Publisher: Oxford: Elsevier Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/s2666-5247(23)00142-8

Association between arterial stiffness and Loa loa microfilaremia in a rural area of the Republic of Congo: A population-based cross-sectional study (the MorLo project)

Author(s): Jérémy T. Campillo, Valentin Dupasquier, Elodie Lebredonchel, Ludovic G. Rancé, Marlhand C. Hemilembolo, Sébastien D. S. Pion, Michel Boussinesq, François Missamou, Antonia Perez Martin, Cédric B. Chesnais
Published in: Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2024, ISSN 1935-2727
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011915

Chronic kidney disease related to Loa loa microfilaremia in a rural area of the Republic of Congo: a population-based cross-sectional study

Author(s): Charlotte Boullé, Jérémy T. Campillo, Marlhand C. Hemilembolo, Elodie Lebredonchel, Valentin Dupasquier, Jean Claude Djontu, Sébastien D. S. Pion, Laurène Tardieu, Ludovic Rancé, François Missamou, Francine Ntoumi, Michel Boussinesq, Cédric B. Chesnais
Published in: Infectious Diseases of Poverty, Issue 14, 2025, ISSN 2049-9957
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1186/s40249-025-01356-y

Incidence of loiasis clinical manifestations in a rural area of the Republic of Congo: Results from a longitudinal prospective study (the MorLo project)

Author(s): Jérémy T. Campillo, Biam-Miveck Pakat-Pambou, Bachiratou Sahm, Sébastien D.S. Pion, Marlhand C. Hemilembolo, Elodie Lebredonchel, Michel Boussinesq, François Missamou, Cédric B. Chesnais
Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Issue 19, 2025, Page(s) e0012868, ISSN 1935-2735
Publisher: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012868

Excess Mortality Associated With Loiasis: Confirmation by a New Retrospective Cohort Study Conducted in the Republic of Congo

Author(s): Marlhand C. Hemilembolo, Ange Clauvel Niama, Jérémy T. Campillo, Sébastien D. Pion, François Missamou, Charles Whittaker, Jean-Médard Kankou, Gilbert Ndziessi, Richard R. Bileckot, Michel Boussinesq, and Cédric B. Chesnais
Published in: Open forum infectious diseases, 2023, ISSN 2328-8957
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad103

Inflammation and hemostasis in loiasis before and after ivermectin treatment: A biological pilot cross-sectional study

Author(s): Tristan M. Lepage, Narcisse Nzune-Toche, Lucie A. Nkwengoua, Hugues C. Nana-Djeunga, Sebastien D. S. Pion, Joseph Kamgno, Charlotte Boullé, Jérémy T. Campillo, Michel Boussinesq, Claude T. Tayou, Cédric B. Chesnais
Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Issue 18, 2024, Page(s) e0012491, ISSN 1935-2735
Publisher: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012491

Association between Loa loa microfilaremia and anatomical hyposplenia in a rural area of the Republic of Congo: a population-based cross-sectional study

Author(s): Charlotte Boullé, Elodie Lebredonchel, Jérémy T. Campillo, Valentin Dupasquier, Marlhand C. Hemilembolo, Sébastien D. S. Pion, Jean Claude Djontu, Ludovic Rancé, Philippe Souteyrand, François Missamou, Michel Boussinesq, Francine Ntoumi, Cédric B. Chesnais
Published in: Infectious Diseases of Poverty, Issue 14, 2025, ISSN 2049-9957
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
DOI: 10.1186/s40249-025-01277-w