Loa loa filariasis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Loa loa filariasis (also known as loiasis, loaiasis, Calabar swellings, ... Filariasis such as loiasis most often consists of asymptomatic microfilaremia.
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Filarial Nematode Infections: Nematodes (Roundworms): Merck Manual ...
Loiasis is infection with Loa loa. Symptoms include localized angioedema ( Calabar swellings) and subconjunctival migration of adult ...
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec14/ch182/ch182e.html...
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Loiasis: "Calabar" swellings and involvement of deep organs.
The authors report clinical and histopathologic changes in six patients with symptomatic loiasis. One patient had cutaneous swellings, three patients ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3859228...
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CDC - Letter - Doxycycline and Eradication of Microfilaremia in ...
8 Aug 2001 ... We report two patients with loiasis in whom no Wolbachial DNA ... We conclude that doxycycline may not be an efficient therapy for loiasis. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no3_supp/brouqui_letter.ht...
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Loiasis: Report of Three Cases and Literature Review
Loiasis is a tropical infection caused by the microfilarial nematode Loa loa. Increased numbers of cases of loiasis have been diagnosed outside of the ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2537477/...
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Loiasis - Stanford University
It causes the disease Loiasis, and is transmitted by the bite of infected tabanids. It's a blood and tissue-dwelling nematode, and it has no animal ...
http://www.stanford.edu/group/parasites/ParaSites2004/Loiasi...
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Apheresis in the management of loiasis with high microfilariaemia ...
Glomerulopathy associated with filarial loiasis. JAMA. ... Usefulness of apheresis to extract microfilarias in management of loiasis. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1338975/...
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Loiasis - Stanford University
A history of Calabar swellings, also known as fugitive swellings, is the primary tool used to diagnose loiasis. Subcutaneous injection of a small amount of ...
http://www.stanford.edu/group/parasites/ParaSites2004/Loiasi...
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A case of loiasis in Rome.
One of these is Loa loa infestation, or loiasis, a form of filariasis caused by Loa loa and transmitted by the Chrysops fly. We present the case of a male ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12195573...
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L o i a s i s
Loiasis is caused by Loa loa, commonly known as the African eye worm. Loa loa is a species of filariae, a member of the Nematoda (roundworm) class of the ...
http://www.stanford.edu/class/humbio103/ParaSites2001/loiasi...
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