Unexpected Loa loa Finding in an Asymptomatic Patient From The Gambia: A Case Report

A 17-year-old asymptomatic male from The Gambia presented for a routine health examination after migration to Spain. Laboratory diagnosis confirmed the presence of Loa loa microfilariae. This unusual finding emphasizes the importance of screening in newly arrived migrants and the need of an extended...

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Autores principales: Treviño, Begoña, Zarzuela, Francesc, Oliveira-Souto, Inés, Maturana, Carles Rubio, Serre-Delcor, Núria, Aznar, Maria L, Pou, Diana, Goterris, Lidia, Salvador, Fernando, Bosch-Nicolau, Pau, Rubio, José M, Ruiz, Edurne, Molina, Israel, Sulleiro, Elena
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Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10358219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37484898
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad338
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author Treviño, Begoña
Zarzuela, Francesc
Oliveira-Souto, Inés
Maturana, Carles Rubio
Serre-Delcor, Núria
Aznar, Maria L
Pou, Diana
Goterris, Lidia
Salvador, Fernando
Bosch-Nicolau, Pau
Rubio, José M
Ruiz, Edurne
Molina, Israel
Sulleiro, Elena
author_facet Treviño, Begoña
Zarzuela, Francesc
Oliveira-Souto, Inés
Maturana, Carles Rubio
Serre-Delcor, Núria
Aznar, Maria L
Pou, Diana
Goterris, Lidia
Salvador, Fernando
Bosch-Nicolau, Pau
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Ruiz, Edurne
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description A 17-year-old asymptomatic male from The Gambia presented for a routine health examination after migration to Spain. Laboratory diagnosis confirmed the presence of Loa loa microfilariae. This unusual finding emphasizes the importance of screening in newly arrived migrants and the need of an extended anamnesis including migratory route and previous travels.
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spelling pubmed-103582192023-07-21 Unexpected Loa loa Finding in an Asymptomatic Patient From The Gambia: A Case Report Treviño, Begoña Zarzuela, Francesc Oliveira-Souto, Inés Maturana, Carles Rubio Serre-Delcor, Núria Aznar, Maria L Pou, Diana Goterris, Lidia Salvador, Fernando Bosch-Nicolau, Pau Rubio, José M Ruiz, Edurne Molina, Israel Sulleiro, Elena Open Forum Infect Dis Brief Report A 17-year-old asymptomatic male from The Gambia presented for a routine health examination after migration to Spain. Laboratory diagnosis confirmed the presence of Loa loa microfilariae. This unusual finding emphasizes the importance of screening in newly arrived migrants and the need of an extended anamnesis including migratory route and previous travels. Oxford University Press 2023-07-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10358219/ /pubmed/37484898 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad338 Text en © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
spellingShingle Brief Report
Treviño, Begoña
Zarzuela, Francesc
Oliveira-Souto, Inés
Maturana, Carles Rubio
Serre-Delcor, Núria
Aznar, Maria L
Pou, Diana
Goterris, Lidia
Salvador, Fernando
Bosch-Nicolau, Pau
Rubio, José M
Ruiz, Edurne
Molina, Israel
Sulleiro, Elena
Unexpected Loa loa Finding in an Asymptomatic Patient From The Gambia: A Case Report
title Unexpected Loa loa Finding in an Asymptomatic Patient From The Gambia: A Case Report
title_full Unexpected Loa loa Finding in an Asymptomatic Patient From The Gambia: A Case Report
title_fullStr Unexpected Loa loa Finding in an Asymptomatic Patient From The Gambia: A Case Report
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title_short Unexpected Loa loa Finding in an Asymptomatic Patient From The Gambia: A Case Report
title_sort unexpected loa loa finding in an asymptomatic patient from the gambia: a case report
topic Brief Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10358219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37484898
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad338
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