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Abstract
A parasitic infection caused by the nematode Loa loa. The vector in the transmission of this infection is the horsefly (Tabanus) or the deerfly or mango fly (Chrysops). The larvae may be seen just beneath the skin or passing through the conjunctiva. Eye lesions are not uncommon. The disease is generally mild and painless.
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- Loa loa Filariasis
- Loa loa Infection
- Loaiasis
- Filariasis, Loa loa
- Infection, Loa loa
- Loa loa Filariases
- Loa loa Infections
- Loaiases
- Loiases
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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/drug ther: consider FILARICIDES
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91(75); was see under FILARIASIS 1989-90; was LOAIASIS see under FILARIASIS 1975-88
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Loiasis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008118. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008118
- Loiasis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loa_loa_filariasis
- Loiasis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1760607