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Collateral Impact of Community-Directed Treatment with Ivermectin (CDTI) for Onchocerciasis on Parasitological Indicators of Loa loa Infection

Pathogens, 2020
Ivermectin (IVM) is a broad spectrum endectocide whose initial indication was onchocerciasis. Although loiasis is not among its indications, IVM also exhibits antiparasitic activity against Loa loa.
Hugues C. Nana-Djeunga, Cédric G. Lenou-Nanga, Cyrille Donfo-Azafack, Linda Djune-Yemeli, Floribert Fossuo-Thotchum, André Domche, Arsel V. Litchou-Tchuinang, Jean Bopda, Stève Mbickmen-Tchana, Thérèse Nkoa, Véronique Penlap, Francine Ntoumi, Joseph Kamgno   +12 more
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Compliance to a Five‐Year Biannual Ivermectin Treatment for Onchocerciasis Elimination and Its Determinants among Adults in the Bench Maji Zone, Southwest Ethiopia: A Community‐Based Cross‐Sectional Study

Journal of Parasitology Research, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
Background. Community‐directed treatment with ivermectin twice a year is a major action to control onchocerciasis in endemic countries. Even though the community‐directed treatment with ivermectin was proven effective in treating the disease, the level of compliance to the treatment and its contributing factors was not well addressed in our study area.
Bedilu Kifle, Mamo Nigatu, Francisco Gonz lez Salazar   +2 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
europepmc   +2 more sources

A Case of Possible Loiasis Contracted in Cameroon and Diagnosed in Milan, Italy, and Review of Cases Published in Dermatological Journals

Case Reports in Dermatology, 2021
Loiasis is an infestation of the skin and eyes caused by the nematode Loa loa. We report a case of loiasis in a woman who contracted the infestation in Cameroon.
Luisa Lunardon, Maurizio Romagnuolo, Marco Cusini, Stefano Veraldi   +3 more
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The role of eosinophil morphology in distinguishing between reactive eosinophilia and eosinophilia as a feature of a myeloid neoplasm

British Journal of Haematology, Volume 191, Issue 3, Page 497-504, November 2020., 2020
Summary Morphological features of eosinophils in patients with reactive eosinophilia (28 patients) and clonal eosinophilia (26 patients) have been compared with each other and with the eosinophil characteristics of healthy volunteers (three subjects) and of patients with the idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (three patients). Morphological features,
Jean E. Goasguen, John M. Bennett, Barbara J. Bain, Richard Brunning, Gina Zini, Maria‐Teresa Vallespi, Masao Tomonaga, Clara Locher, The International Working Group on Morphology of MDS   +8 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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Integrated xenosurveillance of Loa loa, Wuchereria bancrofti, Mansonella perstans and Plasmodium falciparum using mosquito carcasses and faeces: A pilot study in Cameroon.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
BackgroundCommunity presence of loiasis must be determined before mass drug administration programmes for lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis can be implemented.
Joseph Pryce, Nils Pilotte, Benjamin Menze, Allison R Sirois, Michael Zulch, Jean Pierre Agbor, Steven A Williams, Charles S Wondji, Lisa Reimer   +8 more
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Scanning Electron Microscopy Observations of Loa loa (Nematoda)

Case Reports in Ophthalmology, 2020
We present a case report of periocular Loa loa. The key feature of L. loa distinguishing it from other human filarial parasites are cuticular bosses, which are presented in images from a light microscope and a scanning electron microscope.
Jens Anibal Juul, Vegard Asgeir Forsaa, Tor Paaske Utheim, Endre Willassen   +3 more
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Colorimetric and Real-Time Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) for Detection of Loa loa DNA in Human Blood Samples

Diagnostics, 2022
Loiasis, caused by the filarial nematode Loa loa, is endemic in Central and West Africa. Loa loa has been associated with severe adverse reactions in high Loa-infected individuals receiving ivermectin during mass drug administration programs for the ...
Begoña Febrer-Sendra, Pedro Fernández-Soto, Beatriz Crego-Vicente, Juan García-Bernalt Diego, Thuy-Huong Ta-Tang, Pedro Berzosa, Rufino Nguema, Policarpo Ncogo, María Romay-Barja, Zaida Herrador, Agustín Benito, Antonio Muro   +11 more
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Integrated risk mapping and landscape characterisation of lymphatic filariasis and loiasis in South West Nigeria

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
doaj   +1 more source