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The African eye worm: a case report and review.

Sadia Ali1, Melanie Fisher, Gregory Juckett.   

Abstract

Loiasis, caused by the filarial nematode Loa loa, is often asymptomatic but frequently manifests as episodic angioedema and periocular migration of adult worms. Hence also known as the eye worm.(1) It is rarely encountered in the United States among travelers and immigrants. This report describes a case of loiasis in a Cameroonian student seen at a US university clinic.

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Year:  2008        PMID: 18217870     DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2007.00166.x

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Travel Med        ISSN: 1195-1982            Impact factor:   8.490


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1.  Clinical Features of Imported Loiasis: A Case Series from the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London.

Authors:  Makoto Saito; Margaret Armstrong; Samuel Boadi; Patricia Lowe; Peter L Chiodini; Tom Doherty
Journal:  Am J Trop Med Hyg       Date:  2015-06-22       Impact factor: 2.345

2.  Filariasis of uncommon nature in India.

Authors:  Sl Hoti
Journal:  Trop Parasitol       Date:  2012-01
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