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loiasis

Description: A parasitic disease caused by the filarial worm Loa loa, transmitted by deer flies and occurring primarily in West and Central Africa.
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Effects of environmental change on emerging parasitic diseases
2000 · Jonathan A. Patz, Thaddeus K. Graczyk, et al. · International Journal for Parasitology · 1,205
Serious reactions after mass treatment of onchocerciasis with ivermectin in an area endemic for Loa loa infection
1997 · Jacques Gardon, Nathalie Gardon-Wendel, et al. · The Lancet · 746
The Geographic Distribution of Loa loa in Africa: Results of Large-Scale Implementation of the Rapid Assessment Procedure for Loiasis (RAPLOA)
2011 · Honorat Gustave Marie Zouré, Samuel Wanji, et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 293
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Loiasis
2006 · M. Boussinesq · Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology · 188
The World Health Organization 2030 goals for onchocerciasis: Insights and perspectives from mathematical modelling
2019 · NTD Modelling Consortium Onchocerciasis Group · Gates Open Research · 178
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Loa loa Infection in Temporary Residents of Endemic Regions: Recognition of a Hyperresponsive Syndrome with Characteristic Clinical Manifestations
1986 · T. B. Nutman, K. D. Miller, et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 174
Loiasis in Endemic and Nonendemic Populations: Immunologically Mediated Differences in Clinical Presentation
1991 · A. D. Klion, A. Massougbodji, et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 167
Why onchocerciasis transmission persists after 15 annual ivermectin mass drug administrations in South-West Cameroon
2021 · Armelle Forrer, Samuel Wanji, et al. · BMJ Global Health · 161
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Serious Neurological Adverse Events after Ivermectin—Do They Occur beyond the Indication of Onchocerciasis?
2017 · Rebecca E. Chandler · American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 159
Rapid mapping of schistosomiasis and other neglected tropical diseases in the context of integrated control programmes in Africa
2009 · S. BROOKER, N. B. KABATEREINE, et al. · Parasitology · 154
Vector control and entomological capacity for onchocerciasis elimination
2022 · Iñaki Tirados, Edward Thomsen, et al. · Trends in Parasitology · 140
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Review of the National Program for Onchocerciasis Control in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
2019 · Jean-Claude Makenga Bof, Fortunat Ntumba Tshitoka, et al. · Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease · 139
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Albendazole in Human Loiasis: Results of a Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial
1993 · Amy D. Klion, Achille Massougbodji, et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 133
Nodding Syndrome
2013 · Scott F. Dowell, James J. Sejvar, et al. · Emerging infectious diseases · 130
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Severe adverse reaction risks during mass treatment with ivermectin in loiasis-endemic areas
1996 · Jean-Philippe Chippaux, Michel Boussinesq, et al. · Parasitology Today · 129
Five Cases of Encephalitis during Treatment of Loiasis with Diethylcarbamazine
1991 · Bernard Carme, Jacques Boulesteix, et al. · American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 123
Excess mortality associated with loiasis: a retrospective population-based cohort study
2016 · Cédric B Chesnais, Innocent Takougang, et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 121
Community-directed delivery of doxycycline for the treatment of onchocerciasis in areas of co-endemicity with loiasis in Cameroon
2009 · Samuel Wanji, Nicholas Tendongfor, et al. · Parasites & Vectors · 117
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Loiasis: African eye worm
2008 · Jeannie J. Padgett, Kathryn H. Jacobsen · Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 111
Rapid assessment method for prevalence and intensity of Loa loa infection.
2002 · Innocent Takougang, Martin Meremikwu, et al. · PubMed · 105
Efficacy of 5-week doxycycline treatment on adult Onchocerca volvulus
2008 · Achim Hoerauf, Sabine Specht, et al. · Parasitology Research · 101
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Rapid Molecular Assays for Specific Detection and Quantitation of Loa loa Microfilaremia
2011 · Doran L. Fink, Joseph Kamgno, et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 100
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An analysis of the safety of the single dose, two drug regimens used in programmes to eliminate lymphatic filariasis
2000 · J. HORTON, C. WITT, et al. · Parasitology · 99
Ancient horizontal transfers of retrotransposons between birds and ancestors of human pathogenic nematodes
2016 · Alexander Suh, Christopher C. Witt, et al. · Nature Communications · 98
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Obligatory symbiotic Wolbachia endobacteria are absent from Loa loa
2003 · Dietrich W Büttner, Samuel Wanji, et al. · Filaria Journal · 98
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Citation count: 14,680
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