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Of the 422 persons screened, 346 (82%) were born in <jats:italic>L. loa<\/jats:italic>\u2013endemic countries, with 332 (96%) of these being born in the Democratic Republic of Congo. No smears detected microfilaria, and all received presumptive ivermectin with no reports of significant adverse events. In this investigation, the prevalence of significant microfilarial load in sub-Saharan African refugees appeared to be low, and ivermectin treatment was safe and well tolerated.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.17-0337","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,9,6]],"date-time":"2017-09-06T07:00:31Z","timestamp":1504681231000},"page":"1833-1835","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Absence of Loa loa Microfilaremia among Newly Arrived Congolese Refugees in Texas"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"97","author":[{"given":"Jessica","family":"Montour","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, Texas;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Deborah","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, 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