Excerpts from historical and/or anecdotal reports While rigorous data on LF distribution in L. loa areas is limited, there are many anecdotal and historical reports that W. bancrofti across Central Africa is low or absent. [parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com]

Cephalic and Pharyngeal Structures in Microfilariae Revealed by Staining. Journal of Helminthology, Vol. 42, Issue. 3-4, p. 309. CrossRef Google Scholar Nelson, George S. 1965. Filarial Infections as Zoonoses. [cambridge.org]

Chest and heart were essentially normal, and there was no hepatosplenomegaly. [journals.plos.org]

The child was brought to the consultation with a 3-month history of irritability, insomnia, painful red eye, photophobia, and tearing. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Case Presentation A 25-year-old woman from Sayaya village in Katsina State, northwestern Nigeria, presented to our eye clinic with a three-month history of redness, pain, photophobia, tearing, and itching, and a two-month history of gradual loss of vision [journals.plos.org]

The left eye examination revealed a visual acuity of light perception, conjunctival hyperemia, a clear cornea, and a live and active thread-like worm in the anterior chamber ( Fig 1 ). [journals.plos.org]

Keywords: Loa loa, red eye, Cameroon Introduction Loa loa is commonly seen in the adnexae of the eye and subcutaneous tissues. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The right eye examination revealed blepharospasm, significant lid edema, hyperhemic conjunctiva, and a mobile living whitish organic foreign body in the anterior chamber ( Figure 1 ). The left eye was quiet with no abnormality detected. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This examination revealed in the right eye, a moderate edema of the cornea, a white mobile worm in the anterior chamber, a hypo-pyon, a miosis with posterior synechiae of 360 , a cataract, and high intraocular pressure (of 30 mm Hg as measured with tonopen [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The patient was treated with ivermectin 12 mg on the first day followed by albendazole 400 mg every 12 hours for 21 days with a reduction but no negativization of the parasitaemia and no collateral effect. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

By day 2 (D2), many patients experienced confusion, agitation, dysarthria, mutism and incontinence. Some cases of coma were reported as early as D2. The severity of adverse effects increased with higher microfilarial loads. [en.wikipedia.org]

By day 2 (D2), many patients experienced confusion, agitation, dysarthria, mutism and incontinence. Some cases of coma were reported as early as D2. The severity of adverse effects increased with higher microfilarial loads. [en.wikipedia.org]

Yaoundé, Cameroon; 2 Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé, Yaoundé, Cameroon Abstract: We report a case of Loa loa filariasis in an 8-month-old child who presented with a 3-month history of irritated acute red eye and insomnia [dovepress.com]

The child was brought to the consultation with a 3-month history of irritability, insomnia, painful red eye, photophobia, and tearing. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The effect of malaria control on Plasmodium falciparum in Africa between 2000 and 2015. Nature. 2015;526:207–11. View Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar van den Berg H, Kelly-Hope LA, Lindsay SW. [parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com]