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Prevalence rates for large sheathed microfilariae (Mf) ranged from 4% to 40%; <jats:italic>Mansonella perstans<\/jats:italic> rates ranged from 22% to 98%. Large Mf were exclusively <jats:italic>Loa loa<\/jats:italic> by microscopy, and only 1 of 337 samples tested by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was positive for <jats:italic>Wuchereria bancrofti<\/jats:italic> DNA. Filarial antigen positivity was strongly associated with high <jats:italic>L. loa<\/jats:italic> Mf counts. Periodicity studies revealed atypical patterns, with no significant diurnal periodicity in some individuals. 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