03.05.2024

Manjo, April 29th, 2024

Participants from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Gabon, Germany and Switzerland joined Prof. Wanji’s team at Manjo Medical Research Centre to initiate the training of the field-applicable LAMP assays for the diagnosis of onchocerciasis, loiasis and mansonellosis.

Through this practical training course, Prof. Wanji’s team enhanced the collaboration with all partners attending onsite and online. As an amplification technique that does not require expensive equipment, the LAMP technology will help improve the diagnosis of the above-cited neglected tropical diseases before validation at the clinical trials and thereby set a major milestone for the project’s objectives.

The ultimate goal is to transfer these filarial LAMP assays from Cameroun to DRC (INRB) and Gabon (CERMEL), thereby contributing to their implementation for enhanced filarial detection.

To learn more about eWHORM’s progress visit our webpage and read the new newsletter issue #1

https://www.ewhorm.org/newsletter/eWHORM_Newsletter_Issue1.pdf