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Preferred term

Loiasis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Filariasis, Loa loa
  • Infection, Loa loa
  • Loaiases
  • Loaiasis
  • Loa loa Filariases
  • Loa loa Filariasis
  • Loa loa Infection
  • Loa loa Infections

Note

  • /drug ther: consider FILARICIDES

Scope note

  • A parasitic infection caused by the nematode Loa loa. The vector in the transmission of this infection is the horsefly (Tabanus) or the deerfly or mango fly (Chrysops). The larvae may be seen just beneath the skin or passing through the conjunctiva. Eye lesions are not uncommon. The disease is generally mild and painless.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under FILARIASIS 1989-90; was LOAIASIS see under FILARIASIS 1975-88

In other languages

  • loiaasi

    Finnish

  • Afrikan silmämatosairaus
  • afrikan silmämatotauti
  • afrikansk ögonmasksjukdom
  • afrikkalainen silmämatosairaus
  • afrikkalainen silmämatotauti
  • Calabarin turvotus
  • calabarsvullnad
  • infectio a Loa loa
  • infektion orsakad av Loa loa
  • Loa loa -madon aiheuttama tauti
  • loiasis
  • morbus africanus a vermi ophthalmico
  • tumescentia calabarensis
  • Loiasis

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008118

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