African countries NOT considered endemic for Loa loa (may use presumptive ivermectin for Strongyloides) | African countries considered endemic for Loa loa (presumptive ivermectin should not be used for Strongyloides) |
Algeria Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Côte d'Ivoire Egypt Ethiopia Eritrea Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe | Angola Cameroon Central Africa Republic Chad Republic of Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon Nigeria South Sudan |
Reference:
Reproduced from: Guidelines for overseas presumptive treatment of strongyloidiasis, schistosomiasis, and soil-transmitted helminth infections for refugees resettling to the United States. US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Divisionof Global Migration and Quarantine. https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/109513. (Accessed July 11, 2024)