| [cameroon swelling; infection by the filaria loa loa]. | recurrent skin edemata due to an infestation with the filaria loa loa are called cameroon or calabar swellings. these are tense elastic, circumscribed, indolent swellings, which are just slightly red coloured and disappear within 24 to 48 hours. intervals of several weeks or months may occur. one should think of loa loa disease seeing travellers return from loa endemic areas (west africa) with recurrent, transitory edema and eosinophilia. the stay in these areas may have been several years befor ... | 1979 | 293283 |
| co-endemicity of loiasis and onchocerciasis in the south west province of cameroon: implications for mass treatment with ivermectin. | encephalopathy has been reported in cameroon in individuals heavily infected with loa loa microfilariae who were treated with ivermectin against onchocerciasis. prior to the initiation of the community-directed treatment of onchocerciasis with ivermectin (cdti) in the south west province of cameroon, an epidemiological survey of loiasis was conducted (in july 1998-july 1999) to ascertain the intensity of the disease. thick blood films were made from 1228 blood samples collected during the day. r ... | 2001 | 11816443 |
| chrysops silacea biting densities and transmission potential in an endemic area of human loiasis in south-west cameroon. | we studied the biting densities of chrysops silacea and the transmission of loiasis over 1 year in a regenerated forest in the south-west province of cameroon. a total of 3015 flies caught near a wood fire at ground level during rainy and dry seasons were identified morphologically and 1975 caught during the rainy season were dissected to determine their physiological age and infection rate. the prevalence of microfilaraemia in the human population in the study area was determined using the thic ... | 2002 | 11952954 |
| studies on the epidemiology of filariasis in west africa, with special reference to the british cameroons and the niger delta. iv. the incidence of loa loa and acanthocheilonema perstans in the rain-forest, the forest fringe and the mountain grasslands of the british cameroons, with observations on the species of chrysops and culicoides found. | | 1953 | 13125273 |
| studies on the epidemiology of filariasis in west africa, with special reference to the british cameroons and the niger delta. v. the intensity of infections with loa loa and with acanthocheilonema perstans in the rain-forest, the forest fringe and the mountain grasslands of the british cameroons, and its relation to the incidence. | | 1954 | 13149124 |
| studies on the epidemiology of filariasis in west africa, with special reference to the british cameroons and the niger delta. vi. the chance of infection with loa loa incurred by chrysops in feeding on different age-groups of the human population in villages in the rainforest and in the forest fringe of the british cameroons. | | 1955 | 14362421 |
| studies on the epidemiology of filariasis in west africa, with special reference to the british cameroons and the niger delta. ii. the influence of town and village evolution and development on the incidence of infections with loa loa and acanthocheilonema perstans. | | 1951 | 14915465 |
| first case of ivermectin-induced severe hepatitis. | loiasis, caused by the filarial parasite loa loa, is endemic in west and central africa. ivermectin has been shown to be an effective treatment of loiasis. we report the case of a 20-year-old woman originally from cameroon who was infected by the l. loa parasite and developed severe hepatitis, identified 1 month after a single dose of ivermectin. liver biopsy showed intralobular inflammatory infiltrates, confluent necrosis and apoptosis, compatible with drug-induced liver disease. to our knowled ... | 2006 | 16682062 |
| studies on the epidemiology of filariasis in west africa, with special reference to the british cameroons and the niger delta. i. methods of survey for infections with loa loa and acanthocheilonema perstans. | | 1950 | 24539939 |