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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| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/1/16-1427_article |