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The effort put into the development of diagnostic methods for onchocerciasis that can substitute for or work in combination with the present \u201cgold standard,\u201d the skin snip test, has resulted in the discovery of a number of immunogenic proteins with potential use as diagnostic tools in the postcontrol era. Most of these proteins have now been produced through recombinant DNA techniques. However, when costs are not a trivial issue, none of them have yet found their way into the areas where the disease still exists. In the present study, we have evaluated the performance of a simple dot blot assay which uses a mixture of native proteins designated PakF as a serious contender in the quest for a less invasive and more sensitive method to detect<jats:italic>Onchocerca volvulus<\/jats:italic>infection in areas with diverse endemicities. 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