Loiasis in a Japanese Traveler Returning from Central Africa
| Autor: | Yasuyuki Kato, Tetsuro Kobayashi, Nobuaki Akao, Rie Roselyne Yotsu, Makoto Itoh, Nozomi Takeshita, Satoshi Kutsuna, Norio Ohmagari, Shuzo Kanagawa, Kayoko Hayakawa, Jun Sugihara, Momoko Mawatari, Yoshihiro Fujiya |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Veterinary medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Brugia pahangi Elevated level Probable Case Short Communications Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Central africa Cross reactions filarial infection loiasis Biology biology.organism_classification Dermatology Albendazole Infectious Diseases parasitic diseases medicine Helminths returned traveler Loa loa medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Tropical Medicine and Health |
| ISSN: | 1349-4147 1348-8945 |
| Popis: | We encountered a probable case of loiasis in a returned traveler from Central Africa. A 52-year-old Japanese woman presented to our hospital complaining of discomfort in her eyes and skin. She reported having frequently visited Central Africa over many years and having been extensively exposed to the rainforest climate and ecosystem. Although no microfilariae were found in her blood, there was an elevated level of IgG antibodies against the crude antigens of Brugia pahangi, which have cross-reactivity with Loa loa. She was treated with albendazole for 21 days, after which the antigen-specific IgG level decreased and no relapse occurred. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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