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    Loa Loa

    Paul G. Auwaerter, M.D.
    Loa Loa is a topic covered in the Johns Hopkins ABX Guide.

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    MICROBIOLOGY

    • Loa loa: nematode parasite, sometimes called the "eye worm."
      • One of three parasites causing human subcutaneous filariasis, the other two: Onchocerca volvulus, Mansonella streptocerca.
        • Human infection w/ loa loa = loiasis
      • Larvae and adults migrate to SQ skin and fat layers.
    • Vector is the tabanid files, genus Chrysops (mango or mangrove fly), C. silacea and C. dimidiata (daytime biting horsefly, deerfly).

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    Last updated: November 29, 2015

    Citation

    Auwaerter, Paul G. "Loa Loa." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2015. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540320/all/Loa_Loa.
    Auwaerter PG. Loa Loa. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2015. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540320/all/Loa_Loa. Accessed April 24, 2019.
    Auwaerter, P. G. (2015). Loa Loa. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. Available from https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540320/all/Loa_Loa
    Auwaerter PG. Loa Loa [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2015. [cited 2019 April 24]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540320/all/Loa_Loa.
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