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Loiasis in US Traveler Returning from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, 2016
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Jan 2017
Source: Emerg Infect Dis. 23(1):160-162. -
Alternative Title:Emerg Infect Dis
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Description: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. We describe a case of loiasis in a traveler returning from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, a location heretofore unknown for L. loa transmission.
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Pubmed ID:27983940
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC5176208
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