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Verme subconjuntival da espécie Loa loa: primeiro caso no Brasil [PDF]

, 2012
We report the first case of ocular infestation by Loa loa in Brazil. Loiasis is caused by infestation with Loa loa, a filarial parasite originally found in the rainforests of western and central Africa.
Almeida, Juliana de Souza, Barbosa, Carolina Pelegrini, Camargo, Luis Marcelo Aranha, Ogawa, Guilherme Maerschner, Passos, Renato Magalhães   +4 more
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Adverse reactions from community directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI ) for onchocerciasis and loiasis in Ondo State, Nigeria

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2008
Onchocerciasis is an endemic disease in Ondo state, Nigeria. Community directed distribution of ivermectin is currently on-going in some local government areas of the state. Randomly selected persons (2 331 males and 2 469 females) were interviewed using
O.A Otubanjo, G.O Adeoye, C.A Ibidapo, B Akinsanya, P Okeke, T Atalabi, E.T Adejai, E Braide   +7 more
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A Case of Loiasis

Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, 2001
Loiasis is quite common in the endemic regions of Central and West Africa. But only three cases were reported in Japan. This is a report of a 28 year old male from Gabon infected with Loa loa with eye symptoms as the chief complaint. For the first time in Japan he was treated with Ivermectin (IVM) which is recently attracting attention as the drug for ...
S, Yara, F, Higa, N, Arakaki, T, Ishimine, T, Shinzato, H, Toma, A, Saito   +6 more
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Loa loa Alben Trial data [PDF]

, 2016
Loiasis is a parasitic infection endemic in the African rain forest caused by the filarial nematode Loa loa. Loiasis can be co-endemic with onchocerciasis and/or lymphatic filariasis. Ivermectin, the drug used in the control of these diseases, can induce
Gounoue, Raceline, Kamgno, Joseph, Kuesel, Annette C., Lammie, Patrick J., Nguipdop-Djomo, Patrick, Téjiokem, Mathurin   +5 more
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Female Loa loa worm polyinfection in human hosts

Parasitology
Loiasis is widespread in Central Africa. Some acute symptoms are associated with high Loa loa microfilaraemia, but the relation between the latter and the adult worm burden infecting an individual with loiasis is still unclear.
Jeanne A. Rajaonarivelo, Cédric Mariac, Philippe Cubry, Nora Lardal, Cédric B. Chesnais, Jérémy T. Campillo, Michel Boussinesq, François Sabot, Sébastien D. S. Pion   +8 more
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Subconjunctival Loiasis [PDF]

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2011
Lichtinger, Alejandro, Caraza, Mauricio, Halpert, Michael   +2 more
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Factors affecting onchocerciasis transmission: Lessons for infection control [PDF]

, 2017
Introduction: Onchocerca volvulus infects in excess of 15 million people. The vectors are Simulium blackflies, varieties of which differ in their ecologies, behaviour and vectorial abilities.
Cheke, Robert A.
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Inflammation and fibrinolysis in loiasis before and after ivermectin treatment: a biological pilot cross-sectional study

medRxiv
We assessed the impact of loiasis and its treatment with ivermectin on hemostasis and inflammation in 38 adults in Cameroon. Participants were divided into four balanced groups based on their Loa loa microfilarial densities.
Tristan M. Lepage, Narcisse Nzune-Toche, Lucie A. Nkwengoua, H. Djeunga, S. Pion, J. Kamgno, Charlotte Boullé, Jérémy T. Campillo, M. Boussinesq, Claude T. Tayou, C. Chesnais   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A case of loiasis

Yonsei Medical Journal, 1998
The prevalence of Loa loa infections in non-endemic areas such as Korea is very low, even though it is quite common in the endemic regions of West and Central Africa. We describe a patient who presented with temporary localized edema (classical Calabar swellings) after travelling to Cameroon and in whom the diagnosis of loiasis was made by ELISA.
Y S, Chun, S I, Chun, K I, Im, T K, Moon, M G, Lee   +4 more
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Ivermectin for onchocercal eye disease (river blindness).

, 2012
BACKGROUND: It is believed that ivermectin (a microfilaricide) could prevent blindness due to onchocerciasis. However, when given to everyone in communities where onchocerciasis is common, the effects of ivermectin on lesions affecting the eye are ...
Ejere, Henry OD, Evans, Jennifer R, Schwartz, Ellen, Wormald, Richard   +3 more
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