Loiasis in US Traveler Returning from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, 2016

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 retur...

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Autores principales: Priest, David H., Nutman, Thomas B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Letters to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5176208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27983940
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2301.161427
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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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spelling pubmed-51762082017-01-01 Loiasis in US Traveler Returning from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, 2016 Priest, David H. Nutman, Thomas B. Emerg Infect Dis Letters to the Editor 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5176208/ /pubmed/27983940 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2301.161427 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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title_short Loiasis in US Traveler Returning from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, 2016
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5176208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27983940
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2301.161427
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