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Description

Loa loa is the filarial nematode (roundworm) species that causes Loa loa filariasis. It is commonly known as the "eye worm". Its geographic distribution includes Africa and Sudan.

L. loa is one of four parasitic filarial nematodes that cause subcutaneous filariasis in humans. The three other filarial nematodes are Mansonella streptocerca, Onchocerca volvulus (causes river blindness), and Dracunculus medinensis (guinea worm).

Maturing larvae and adults of the "eye worm" occupy the subcutaneous layer of the skin - the fat layer - of humans, causing disease. The young larvae develop in horseflies of the genus Chrysops (deer flies, yellow flies), including the species C. dimidiata and C. silacea, which infect humans by biting them. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia , Wikipedia

Basic Part Properties

Part Name
Loa loa
Part Display Name
Loa loa
Part Type
Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
Created On
2008-08-04
Construct for LOINC Short Name
L loa

LOINC Terminology Service (API) using HL7® FHIR® Get Info

CodeSystem lookup
https://fhir.loinc.org/CodeSystem/$lookup?system=http://loinc.org&code=LP70581-1
ConceptMap translate
https://fhir.loinc.org/ConceptMap/$translate?system=http://loinc.org&code=LP70581-1

Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Loa loa
it-IT Italian (Italy) Loa loa
zh-CN Chinese (China) 罗阿丝虫
Synonyms: 非洲眼线虫
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Loa loa
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Loa loa
fr-BE French (Belgium) Loa loa
fr-CA French (Canada) Loa-loa
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) Loa loa
Synonyms: oogworm
el-GR Greek (Greece) Loa loa
Synonyms: Loa loa