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Rapid integrated clinical survey to determine prevalence and co-distribution patterns of lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis in a Loa loa co-endemic area: The Angolan experience

Parasite Epidemiology and Control, 2017
The Republic of Angola is a priority country for onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination, however, the co-distribution of the filarial parasite Loa loa (loiasis) is a significant impediment, due to the risk of severe adverse events (SAEs)
Miguel Brito, Rossely Paulo, Pedro Van-Dunem, António Martins, Thomas R. Unnasch, Robert J. Novak, Benjamin Jacob, Michelle C. Stanton, David H. Molyneux, Louise A. Kelly-Hope   +9 more
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Association between altered cognition and Loa loa microfilaremia: First evidence from a cross-sectional study in a rural area of the Republic of Congo.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023
BackgroundIndividuals with high Loa loa microfilarial densities are at risk of developing severe encephalopathy after administration of antiparasitic drugs. Apart from this finding, loiasis is considered benign with no effect on brain function.
Thomas Checkouri, François Missamou, Sebastien D S Pion, Paul Bikita, Marlhand C Hemilembolo, Michel Boussinesq, Cédric B Chesnais, Jérémy T Campillo   +7 more
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Evaluation of LAMP for the diagnosis of Loa loa infection in dried blood spots compared to PCR-based assays and microscopy

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2022
BACKGROUND Loa loa is a filarial species found exclusively in West and Central Africa. Microscopy is the traditional diagnosis method for human loiasis. Several molecular methods have developed as an alternative approach for identification of L.
Thuy-Huong Ta-Tang, Pedro Berzosa, José Miguel Rubio, María Romay-Barja, Policarpo Ncogo, Diego Agudo, Zaida Herrador, Laura Cerrada-Gálvez, Agustín Benito   +8 more
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Loiasis in US Traveler Returning from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, 2016

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017
The filarial parasite Loa loa overlaps geographically with Onchocera volvulus and Wuchereria bancrofti filariae in central Africa. Accurate information regarding this overlap is critical to elimination programs targeting O. volvulus and W. bancrofti.
David H. Priest, Thomas B. Nutman
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Clinical characteristics and treatments of imported loiasis patients with microfilaraemia diagnosed in France, 2000-2022

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Introduction: Loiasis has been associated with increased morbidity and mortality, particularly in cases of high microfilarial density. Treatment depends on initial microfilaraemia (Mf) and relies on ivermectin (IVM), diethylcarbamazine (DEC) or ...
Charles Declerck, Simon Kravetz, Olivier Bouchaud, Justine Dorchies, Damien Dupont, Maeva Lefebvre, Christelle Pomares, Alexandre Duvignaud, Charlotte Boullé, Antoine Specklin, Jordan Leroy, Julie Bonhomme, Laura Courtellemont, Victor Gerber, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, Assia Benelhadj Djelloul, Charles Maurille, Claire Hoffmann, Marie Gladys Robert, Hélène Yera, Benjamin Lefèvre, Coralie L'Ollivier, Estelle Cateau, Gilles Gargala, Yohann Le Govic, Cléa Melenotte, Pierre Danneels, Anne Donnars, Frédéric Grenouillet, Frédérick Gay, Vincent Dubée   +30 more
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Periocular subcutaneous Loa loa in a nonendemic region

Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research
Loiasis is an infection of the submucosal and subcutaneous tissue caused by the filarial nematode, Loa loa, transmitted by day-biting tabanid flies (Chrysops [deer fly, mango fly, or horse fly]).
K. S. Aparna, N Laila Raji, Abraham Kurian, O. Sasikumari   +3 more
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Loiasis in sub-Saharan migrants living in Spain with emphasis of cases from Equatorial Guinea

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2020
Background Loiasis is an uncommon and poorly understood parasitic disease outside endemic areas of Africa. The aim of this study was to describe the clinical and biological patterns and treatment of imported loiasis by sub-Saharan migrants diagnosed in ...
Sabino Puente, German Ramírez-Olivencia, Mar Lago, Mercedes Subirats, Francisco Bru, Eugenio Pérez-Blazquez, Marta Arsuaga, Concepción Ladron de Guevara, Fernando de la Calle-Prieto, Belén Vicente, Montserrat Alonso-Sardón, Moncef Belhassen-Garcia, Antonio Muro   +12 more
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Imported loiasis in France: a retrospective analysis of 167 cases with comparison between sub-Saharan and non sub-Saharan African patients

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Imported loiasis is a rare cause of consultation at the return of stay in central Africa, which often poses difficult diagnostic and therapeutic questions to practitioners especially those who are unaccustomed to tropical medicine.
Olivier Bouchaud, Sophie Matheron, Anne Loarec, Jean Dupouy Camet, Patrice Bourée, Nadine Godineau, Isabelle Poilane, Johann Cailhol, Eric Caumes   +8 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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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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