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Case Reports
. 2008 Jan-Feb;15(1):53-7.
doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2007.00167.x.

Diagnostic problems in a patient with amicrofilaremic Loa loa

Masahide Yoshikawa  1 , Yukiteru Ouji, Noriko Hayashi, Kei Moriya, Mariko Nishiofuku, Shigeaki Ishizaka, Makoto Itoh, Eisaku Kimura, Fukumi Nakamura, Yukifumi Nawa
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Diagnostic problems in a patient with amicrofilaremic Loa loa

Masahide Yoshikawa et al. J Travel Med. 2008 Jan-Feb.
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Abstract

We report a Japanese patient with loiasis who became infected in Cameroon. Despite the clinical history and laboratory data providing adequate evidence for suspecting loiasis, microfilariae were not detected in the blood. It is important to note that most infected travelers whose home countries are in nonendemic regions are amicrofilaremic.

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