Loa Loa
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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. See CDC life cycle.
- One of three parasites causing human subcutaneous filariasis, the other two: Onchocerca volvulus, Mansonella streptocerca.
- Vector is the tabanid files, genus Chrysops (mango or mangrove fly), C. silacea and C. dimidiata (daytime biting horsefly, deerfly).
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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. See CDC life cycle.
- One of three parasites causing human subcutaneous filariasis, the other two: Onchocerca volvulus, Mansonella streptocerca.
- Vector is the tabanid files, genus Chrysops (mango or mangrove fly), C. silacea and C. dimidiata (daytime biting horsefly, deerfly).
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