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Analysis of diagnostic test outcomes in a large loiasis cohort from an endemic region: Serological tests are often false negative in hyper-microfilaremic infections. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BackgroundThe parasitic disease loiasis is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Individuals with hyper-microfilaremia (greater than 20,000 microfilariae per mL of blood) may suffer from serious treatment-related or spontaneous adverse ...
Luzia Veletzky, Kirsten Alexandra Eberhardt, Jennifer Hergeth, Daniel Robert Stelzl, Rella Zoleko Manego, Ruth Kreuzmair, Gerrit Burger, Johannes Mischlinger, Matthew B B McCall, Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma, Ayôla Akim Adegnika, Selidji Todagbe Agnandji, Pierre Blaise Matsiegui, Bertrand Lell, Peter Kremsner, Benjamin Mordmüller, Dennis Tappe, Michael Ramharter   +17 more
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Clinical and epidemiological features of imported loiasis in Beijing: a report from patients returned from Africa [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Loiasis is one of the significant filarial diseases for people living in West and Central Africa with wide endemic area but is not seen in China.
Xiaoli Li, Minjun Huang, Kuo Bi, Yang Zou, Fei Wang, Xiaoyan Zheng, Lei Wang   +6 more
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Effect of Two or Six Doses 800 mg of Albendazole Every Two Months on Loa loa Microfilaraemia: A Double Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
BackgroundLoiasis 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.
Joseph Kamgno, Patrick Nguipdop-Djomo, Raceline Gounoue, Mathurin Téjiokem, Annette C Kuesel   +4 more
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Integrated risk mapping and landscape characterisation of lymphatic filariasis and loiasis in South West Nigeria [PDF]

Parasite Epidemiology and Control, 2018
Nigeria has the heaviest burden of lymphatic filariasis (LF) in sub-Saharan Africa, which is caused by the parasite Wuchereria bancrofti and transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes. LF is targeted for elimination and the national programme is scaling up mass
Tara A. Brant, Patricia N. Okorie, Olushola Ogunmola, Nureni Bolaji Ojeyode, S.B. Fatunade, Emmanuel Davies, Yisa Saka, Michelle C. Stanton, David H. Molyneux, J. Russell Stothard, Louise A. Kelly-Hope   +10 more
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Longitudinal study of cross-reactive antigenemia in individuals with high Loa loa microfilarial density reveals promising biomarkers for distinguishing lymphatic filariasis from loiasis

Frontiers in Parasitology, 2023
Background and methodsCirculating Loa loa antigens are often detected in individuals with heavy L. loa infections by diagnostic tests for lymphatic filariasis (LF) caused by Wuchereria bancrofti.
Linda Djune-Yemeli, Linda Djune-Yemeli, Marla Hertz, Hugues C. Nana-Djeunga, Amy Rush, Petra Erdmann-Gilmore, Robert Sprung, Jean Gabin Bopda, Reid Townsend, Palmer Masumbe Netongo, Palmer Masumbe Netongo, Joseph Kamgno, Joseph Kamgno, Philip J. Budge   +13 more
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Distinct loiasis infection states and associated clinical and hematological manifestations in patients from Gabon.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
BackgroundLoiasis-a filarial disease endemic in Central and West Africa-is increasingly recognized as significant individual and public health concern.
Luzia Veletzky, Kirsten Alexandra Eberhardt, Jennifer Hergeth, Daniel Robert Stelzl, Rella Zoleko Manego, Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma, Ruth Kreuzmair, Gerrit Burger, Ayôla Akim Adegnika, Selidji Todagbe Agnandji, Pierre Blaise Matsiegui, Michel Boussinesq, Benjamin Mordmüller, Michael Ramharter   +13 more
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A review of loiasis and its vectors in Gabon

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
Loiasis colloquially known as tropical eye worm is a neglected tropical helminthic disease that affects the rural poor population of Gabon. A systematic review of fifty-one documents (forty-five peer reviewed papers and six dissertations) over four ...
Sevidzem Silas Lendzele, Poungou Natacha, Mintsa Nguema Rodrigue, Jacques François Mavoungou   +3 more
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Variability of Loa loa microfilarial counts in successive blood smears and its potential implication in drug-related serious adverse events [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Background The standard method to diagnose Loa loa infection and quantify microfilarial density (MFD) is the microscopic examination of calibrated thick blood smears (TBSs). In 1950, it was noticed that successive L.
Tristan M. Lepage, Jérémy T. Campillo, Frédéric Louya, Paul Bikita, François Missamou, Marlhand C. Hemilembolo, Sébastien D. S. Pion, Michel Boussinesq, Cédric B. Chesnais   +8 more
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Diagnosis, management and prevention of loiasis: guideline of the German Society for Tropical Medicine, Travel Medicine, and Global Health (DTG). [PDF]

Infection
Loiasis is a complex filarial infection endemic in Central Africa and parts of West Africa. Loa loa is transmitted by the deer fly Chrysops dimidiata and C. silacea.
Ramharter M, Schlabe S, Hübner MP, Michelitsch P, Kurth F, Bélard S, Nordmann T, Davi SD.   +7 more
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Serendipity in Emergency Diagnostics: Near Miss of a <i>Loa loa</i> Case in a Swiss Hospital. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT A 31‐year‐old Cameroonian man presented to the emergency department (ED) with a productive cough, exertional dyspnoea, and asthenia for a few days. The initial evaluation was limited due to cultural barriers, lack of known medical history, and the patient's migration journey through Libya, Tunisia, and Germany over the past 5 years before ...
Durussel A, Pugnale S, Galofaro L, Magnin JL, Guechi Y, Ribordy V.   +5 more
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