**11. Acknowledgement**

The work on filariae *Loa loa* is supported by CIRMF. CIRMF is sponsored by total Gabon, Gabonese state and Ministère de la cooperation Française. We thank Ms Line Mengome, Hubert Moukana and Mbou Moutsimbi Roger Antoine for their assistance during the preparation of the manuscript.

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