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	Loa loa filariasis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Loa loa filariasis (also loiasis and African eyeworm) is a skin and eye disease caused by the nematode worm, loa loa filaria.
		The vector for Loa loa filariasis are flies from two hematophagous species of the genus Chrysops, C.
		Loa Loa: a cutaneous filarial parasite of humans.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Loa_loa_filariasis (654 words)

	Filariasis \| AHealthyMe.com
		Filariasis is characterized by fever, chills, headache, and skin lesions in the early stages and, if untreated, can progress to include gross enlargement of the limbs and genitalia in a condition called elephantiasis.
		Filariasis is occasionally found in the United States, especially among immigrants from the Caribbean and Pacific islands.
		In cases of lymphatic filariasis, the most common form of the disease, the disease is caused by the adult worms actually living in the lymphatic vessels near the lymph nodes where they distort the vessels and cause local inflammation.
	www.ahealthyme.com /topic/topic100586832 (1449 words)

	filariasis
		Bancroftian filariasis is caused by the nematode Wuchereria bancrofti, transmitted by Anopheline mosquitos, and occurs in much of the tropical and subtropical world (except western South America and Northern Australia) between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.
		Malayan filariasis is caused by the nematode Brugia malayi, transmitted by Mansonia or Anopheline mosquitos, and occurs primarily in Malaysia, Indonesia, and some nearby pacific Islands, as well as scattered areas of India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, and China.
		Loiasis (loa loa) is caused by the nematode Loa loa (African eye worm), transmitted by Chrysops (red) flies, and occurs in tropical Africa.
	www.baylor.edu /~Charles_Kemp/filariasis.htm (1204 words)

	Nematodes
		The circulating microfilaria are 300 micrometers by 7 micrometers; the infective larvae in the fly are 200 micrometers by 30 micrometers.
		The life cycle of Loa loa (figure 23) is identical to that of onchocerca except that the vector for this worm is the deer fly.
		Loa loa is sheathed, with a relatively dense nuclear column; its tail tapers and is frequently coiled, and nuclei extend to the end of the tail.
	pathmicro.med.sc.edu /parasitology/nematodes.htm (7086 words)

	IISMAS onlus - Letture Scientifiche
		One of these pictures is Loa loa infestation, or loiasis, a form of filariasis caused by Loa loa and transmitted by Chrysops fly.
		Loa loa is transmitted to humans from the bites of Chrysops2,3, a haematophagus gadfly, also called horse fly, or mangrove fly, of which there are a variety of species (C. siliacea and C. dimidiata in Western Africa, C. distinctipennis and C.longi-cornis in East Africa, C. ahrai and C. streptobalius in Ethiopia)3.
		Satellite mapping of Loa loa prevalence in relation to ivermectin use in west and central Africa, Lancet, 2000; 356: 1077-1078.
	www.iismas.it /letture/loasis.htm (2387 words)

	Tropical Medicine Central Resource (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Cahill KM, Kaiser RL: Lymphography in bancroftian filariasis.
		VI: observations on the reversal of microfilarial periodicity in a case of filariasis bancrofti.
		Nutman TB, et al: Loa loa infection in temporary residents of endemic regions.
	tmcr.usuhs.mil /tmcr/chapter26/references.htm (1896 words)

	Filariasis - Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Filariasis is caused by nematodes (roundworms) that inhabit the lymphatics and subcutaneous tissues.
		The microfilariae infect biting arthropods (mosquitoes for the agents of lymphatic filariasis; flflies [Simulium] for Onchocerca volvulus; midges for Mansonella perstans and M. streptocerca; and both midges and flflies for Mansonella ozzardi; and deerflies [Chrysops] for Loa loa).
		Among the other species, Loa loa and Mansonella streptocerca are found in Africa; Mansonella perstans occurs in both Africa and South America; and Mansonella ozzardi occurs only in the American continent.
	www.ovpr.uga.edu /tco/resources/tcodpdx/DPDx/HTML/Frames/A-F/Filariasis/body_Filariasis_page1.htm (324 words)

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		For both of those needs, funding in the national healthcare budget towards LF is necessary, placing a priority on eliminating the disease, in recognition of the health and socioeconomic burden it places on the affected populations.
		Part of problem you're facing is that filariasis is often used as a synonym for lymphatic filariasis.
		"Loa loa" and "river blindness" (onchocerciasis) and a bunch of other human filariasis that can also be categorized under "filariasis." But in terms of global distribution and amount of disability that it causes in other countries, lymphatic is much greater global health problem than the others.
	www.stanford.edu /class/humbio103/ParaSites2005/LymphaticFilariasis/Interviews.htm (1262 words)

	Search Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Mauna Loa Mauna Loamou´ne lō´e, mountain, 13,680 ft (4,170 m) high, in the south central part of the island of Hawaii, in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
		Loa Loalō´ä, longest river of Chile, 275 mi (443 km) long, flowing S from the Andes, N Chile, then W and N through the Atacama Desert, before turning W to the Pacific Ocean.
		In tropical countries the most common cause is filariasis, infestation with certain filaria, small parasitic roundw...
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=Loa+loa+filariasis (435 words)

	Filaria Journal \| Full text \| Obligatory symbiotic Wolbachiaendobacteria are absent from Loa loa
		Loa loa and Onchocerca volvulus were studied by electron microscopy, histology with silver staining, and immunohistology using antibodies against WSP, Wolbachia aspartate aminotransferase, and heat shock protein 60.
		It has been shown for onchocerciasis and bancroftian filariasis that doxycycline therapy may be a new treatment strategy at least for individual patients or for small groups [9,10].
		loa microfilariae from the spleen of a patient and of an experimentally infected monkey.
	www.filariajournal.com /content/2/1/10 (5426 words)

	Loa loa filariasis - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Loa loa filariasis - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Loa loa filariasis (also loiasis) is a disease caused by the worm loa loa filaria.
		Humans contract this disease through the bite of a horsefly.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Loiasis (95 words)

	disease (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Loa loa filariasis - Loa loa filariasis (also known as loiasis) is a disease caused by the worm loa loa filaria.
		Paget's disease - Sir James Paget, a prolific surgeon and pathologist, described several diseases, all called Paget's disease : The term is most commonly used to refer to Page...
		Loa loa filaria - A microscopic worm which causes the disease loa loa filariasis in humans.
	www.serebella.com /search/topic-disease.html (576 words)

	eMedicine - Filariasis : Article Excerpt by: Michael D Nissen, BMedSc, MBBS, FRACP, FRCPA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Background: Filariasis is a disease group affecting humans and animals that is caused by nematode parasites of the order Filariidae, commonly called filariae.
		Returning missionaries and Peace Corps volunteers are at particular risk for lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis because of the long prepatent period and relatively high intensity of exposure required between exposure to infective insect bites and the development of sexually mature adult worms.
		The morbidity of human filariasis mainly results from the host reaction to microfilariae or developing adult worms in different areas of the body.
	www.emedicine.com /med/byname/filariasis.htm (597 words)

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		Filariasis - Filariasis is a disease group of humans and animals caused by nematode parasites of the order Filariidae, commonly called filariae.
		Filarial parasites may be classified according to the habitat of the adult worms in the vertebral host: Cutaneous group Loa loa Onchocerca volvulus Mansonella streptocercaLymphatic group Wuchereria bancrofti Brugia malayi Brugia timoriBody cavity group Mansonella perstans Mansonella ozzardiParasites of the cutaneous and...
		Filariasis - Filariasis is a disease group affecting humans and animals that is caused by nematode parasites of the order Filariidae, commonly called filariae.
	www.healthlinks.net /cgi-bin/directory/cobrand.cgi?search=CAT&Category=Diseases-Disorders%20III%3AParasitic (1916 words)

	Filaria Journal \| Full text \| Recombinant antigen-based antibody assays for the diagnosis and surveillance of lymphatic ...
		It should be possible to exploit this fact to develop tools to monitor the progress of the global program to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF); however, assays based on parasite extracts suffer from a number of limitations, including the paucity of parasite material, the difficulty of assay standardization and problems with assay specificity.
		For mapping the distribution of lymphatic filariasis, rapid antibody tests may provide acceptable sensitivity, depending on the geographic area where the mapping is to be done, but the potential for problems with specificity (both in distinguishing past exposure from present infection as well as differentiating filarial from non-filarial infection) still remains.
		At this point, it is not clear what antibody prevalence should be considered an indication to initiate mass treatment; no attempt was made in this study to distinguish between antibody responses associated with active infection and those triggered by exposure [24,25].
	www.filariajournal.com /content/3/1/9 (3283 words)

	Loa loa filariasis -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Loa loa filariasis (also loiasis) is a disease caused by the worm (Click link for more info and facts about loa loa filaria) loa loa filaria.
		Humans contract this disease through the bite of a (Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals) horsefly.
		The disease is treated with the drug (Click link for more info and facts about diethylcarbamazine) diethylcarbamazine (DEC).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/lo/loa_loa_filariasis.htm (88 words)

	Filariasis (generic term) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Filariasis is a group of parasitoses due to tissue nematodes, as opposed to intestinal nematodes.
		Loa loa causes loiasis, Wuchereria bancrofti and filarioidea of the genus Brugia cause lymphatic filariasis, Onchocerca volvulus causes onchocerciasis, and the genus Mansonella is the cause of mansonellosis, all of which are filariasis strictly speaking.
		Dracunculus medinensis or Guinea Worm Disease, agent of dracunculiasis, although it is traditionally included in the group because it is a tissue nematode, is not a filariasis.
	www.orpha.net /static/GB/filariasis_generic_term.html (89 words)

	filariasis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Filariasis is a parasitical and infectious tropical disease, caused by the thread-like parasitic filiria worms, Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and B. timori, all transmitted by mosquitoes.
		In 1866, Otto Wecherer demonstrated the presence of filiria, or filiria larva, in urine.
		Filariasis is endemic in tropical regions of Asia, Africa, Central and South America.
	www.humpath.com /article.php3?id_article=4956 (137 words)

	Loa loa filariasis - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Loa loa filariasis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Loa loa filariasis - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Loa loa filariasis.
		Here you will find more informations about Loa loa filariasis.
		The orginal Loa loa filariasis article can be editet
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Loa-loa-filariasis.html (139 words)

	Filaria Journal \| Full text \| Genetic heterogeneity in Loa loaparasites from southern Cameroon: A preliminary study
		loa, which differ in the length of the microfilariae and their periodicity in the host have long been recognized [11,12].
		loa are believed to be the same species, as experimental studies have shown that parasites from these two primate hosts can hybridize [12].
		loa infected individuals from Gabon, Nigeria and The Democratic Republic of the Congo were identical (Figure 1, Panel A).
	www.filariajournal.com /content/3/1/4 (2531 words)

	Alternative Medicine - Herbs, Yoga and Nutritional Supplements - Health And Age (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		A lymphatic filariasis infection occurs when an individual is bitten by a mosquito containing the roundworms Wucheria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, or Brugia timori.
		Loiasis is an infection caused by the roundworm Loa loa.
		To alleviate soft tissue swelling from lymphatic filariasis, measures such as bandaging, physical therapy, careful skin care, as well as drainage of excess fluids may be taken.
	www.healthandage.com /html/res/com/ConsConditions/Roundwormscc.html (2603 words)

	JCU - WHO Collaborating Center for the Control of Lymphatic Filariasis
		Transmission intensity and the immunoepidemiology of bancroftian filariasis in East Africa.
		Prevalence of diurnally subperiodic bancroftian filariasis among the Nicobarese in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India: effect of age and gender.
		Cellular responses to Loa loa experimental infection in mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx) vaccinated with irradiated infective larvae.
	www.jcu.edu.au /school/sphtm/antonbreinl/centers/lf/lfpaclib.htm (5106 words)

	eMedicine - Filariasis : Article by Michael D Nissen, BMedSc, MBBS, FRACP, FRCPA
		The symptoms of L loa infection usually are confined to subcutaneous swellings on the extremities, localized pain, pruritus, and urticaria.
		The microfilariae of all species that cause lymphatic filariasis and the microfilariae of L loa, M ozzardi, and M perstans are detected in blood.
		L loa worms occasionally can be dissected from the conjunctiva of the eye or bridge of the nose as they migrate through the subcutaneous tissues.
	www.emedicine.com /med/topic794.htm (4924 words)

	filariasis
		Filariasis is a parasitical and infectious tropical disease, caused by the thread-like parasitic filiria worms, Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and B.
		The form of Filariasis most common is elephantitis (swelling in the genitals or thighs), which was the first disease discovered to be transmitted by insects.
		Elephantitis is caused when the parasites lodge in the lymphatic system.
	www.fact-library.com /filariasis.html (181 words)

	Transmission Intensity Affects Both Antigen-Specific and Nonspecific T-Cell Proliferative Responses in Loa loa ...
		Loa loa is a human filarial parasite that infects an estimated
		Loa loa infection in temporary residents of endemic regions: recognition of a hyperresponsive syndrome with characteristic clinical manifestations.
		Identification of a surface antigen on Loa loa microfilariae, the recognition of which correlates with the microfilariae in microfilaremic state in man. J.
	iai.asm.org /cgi/content/full/70/3/1475 (3576 words)

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		Garcia A, Abel L, et al., "Longitudinal survey of Loa loa filariasis in southern Cameroon: long-term stability and factors influencing individual microfilarial status," American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, April 1995, 370-5.
		Thomson MC, Obsomer V, et al., "Satellite mapping of Loa loa prevalence in relation to ivermectin use in west and central Africa," Lancet, 23 September 2000,1077-8.
		Ungeheuer MN, et al., "Cellular responses to Loa loa experimental infection in mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx) vaccinated with irradiated infective larvae" Parasite Immunology, 22 April 2000, 173-83.
	stanford.edu /class/humbio103/ParaSites2001/loiasis/loiasisrefs.html (478 words)

	Glomerulopathy Associated with Parasitic Infections -- van Velthuysen and Florquin 13 (1): 55 -- Clinical Microbiology ...
		The parasites causing filariasis belong to the superfamily of Filarioidea.
		Several studies have recently shown a clear association of filariasis and glomerular disease (24, 46, 55, 57).
		Renal disease in lymphatic filariasis: evidence for tubular and glomerular disorders at various stages of the infection.
	cmr.asm.org /cgi/content/full/13/1/55 (4317 words)

	eMedicine - Filariasis : Article Excerpt by: Michael D Nissen, BMedSc, MBBS, FRACP, FRCPA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Returning missionaries and Peace Corps volunteers are particularly at risk for lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis because of the relatively high intensity of exposure required and the long prepatent period between exposure to infective insect bites and the development of sexually mature adult worms.
		Internationally: Worldwide, prevalence of lymphatic filariasis is more than 90 million; throughout the tropics and subtropics, prevalence is even higher.
		Morbidity of human filariasis is mainly due to the host reaction to microfilariae or to developing adult worms in different areas of the body.
	www.emedicine.com /ped/byname/filariasis.htm (560 words)

	Loa loa filariasis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		A group whose goal is eliminating Lymphatic Filariasis in the South Pacific by the year 2010.
		Addresses the biology, infections, disease and control of filariasis, onchocerciasis, and guinea worm.
		An institution for the control of vector borne diseases including dengue, filariasis and intestinal parasitic infections.
	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Loiasis (460 words)

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