Imported Loiasis at a Clinical Reference Center in Germany: A Retrospective Case Series. [PDF]
Am J Trop Med Hyg. Loiasis is a rarely imported infectious disease that is often difficult to diagnose and treat. Here we describe clinical features and treatment outcomes of 11 patients with imported loiasis seen at a German reference center between 2013 and 2023 ...
Nordmann T +3 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023 Background Onchocerciasis (river blindness) caused by the filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus is a neglected tropical disease that affects the skin and eyes of humans. Mass drug administration with ivermectin (IVM) to control the disease often suffers from
R. Ayiseh +6 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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Chrysops silacea and C. dimidiata : fly densities and infection rates with Loa loa in the Chaillu mountains, Congo Republic [PDF]
, 1990 The densities, infection rates with #Loa loa$, and parous rates of #Chrysops silacea$ and #C. dimidiata$ were studied in various ecological zones throughout the Chaillu mountains in the People's Republic of the Congo. In the rainy season, #C.
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Periocular subcutaneous Loa loa in a nonendemic region
Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology and ResearchLoiasis 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 +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 +12 more
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Low diagnostic performance of thick blood smears of 50 µl in comparison with direct examination of 10 µl blood and the leukoconcentration technique of 5ml blood among loiasis-suspected patients with low microfilaremia in Gabon, Central Africa, using the STARD-BLCM guidelines. [PDF]
Parasit VectorsBackground The aim of this study was to determine performance indicators of thick blood smears of 50 µl (TBS-50), following the Standards for the Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies–Bayesian Latent Class Model (STARD-BLCM) guidelines.
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The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 2023 Loiasis is a parasitic infection caused by the filarial nematode Loa loa within endemic regions of West and Central Africa. These regions include areas co-endemic for other nematode infections.
Shalini Subbarao +4 more
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Performance of two serodiagnostic tests for loiasis in a Non-Endemic area.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 Loiasis, caused by the filarial nematode Loa loa, is endemic in Central and West Africa where about 10 million people are infected. There is a scarcity of convenient, commercial diagnostics for L. loa.
Federico Gobbi +10 more
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Focal spleen lesions in loiasis: A pilot study in Gabon. [PDF]
PLoS Negl Trop DisBackground Infection with the filarial nematode Loa loa, endemic in Central and Western Africa, has been associated with increased morbidity and mortality.
Adegbite BR +13 more
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