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Loa loa filariasis

Loa loa filariasis or loiasis is a skin and eye disease caused by the nematode worm Loa loa. Humans contract this disease through the bite of a deer fly or mango fly (Chrysops spp.), the vectors for Loa loa. The adult Loa loa filarial worm can reach from three to seven centimetres long and migrates throughout the subcutaneous tissues of humans…

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Other names
loiasis, loaiasis, Calabar swellings, fugitive swelling, tropical swelling,: 439 African eyeworm
Specialty
Infectious diseases, tropical medicine

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related to Synonyms · 5
Loa loa filariasis → African, Calabar, Indigenous, Loa, Synonyms
Other names · 1
Loa loa filariasis → loiasis, loaiasis, Calabar swellings, fugitive swelling, tropical swelling,: 439 African eyeworm
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Loa loa filariasis → Infectious diseases, tropical medicine

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Loa loa filariasisOther namesloiasis, loaiasis, Calabar swellings, fugitive swelling, tropical swelling,: 439 African eyeworm1.00infobox
Loa loa filariasisSpecialtyInfectious diseases, tropical medicine1.00infobox
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allow for estimation of Loa loa transmission in the absence of point-of-care diagnostic testsinstance ofwith the use of predictor variables0.80text
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