title: Loiasis in US Traveler Returning from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, 2016.
abstract: The filarial parasite Loa loa overlaps geographically with Onchocera volvulus and Wuchereria bancrofti filariae in central Africa. Accurate information regarding this overlap is critical to elimination programs targeting O. volvulus and W. bancrofti. We describe a case of loiasis in a traveler returning from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, a location heretofore unknown for L. loa transmission.
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Priest
authors.forename: Thomas B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Nutman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004049:Diethylcarbamazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004175:Diptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D016703:Equatorial Guinea; D005260:Female; D005369:Filaricides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D062312:Islands; D008117:Loa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000472:pathogenicity* / Q000502:physiology; D008118:Loiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission; D014195:Travel; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D005369:Filaricides; D004049:Diethylcarbamazine
keywords: African eye worm; Bioko Island; Chrysops dimidiate; Chrysops files; Chrysops silacea; Chrysops species; Equatorial Guinea; Loa loa; Onchocerca volvulus; Wuchereria bancrofti; autochthonous infection; deerflies; diethylcarbamazine; filarial infections; filarial nematode; ivermectin; loiasis; lymphatic filariasis; neglected tropical diseases; onchocerciasis; parasites; travel medicine; traveler; vector-borne infections