loa loan.
/ˌləʊə ˈləʊə/, U.S. /ˌloʊə ˈloʊə/ = loaiasis n.
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wormc1000
vermes1728
invermination1808
helminthiasis1811
vermination1818
rishta1834
trichinosis1866
trichiniasis1867
filariasis1879
strongylosis1883
ankylostomiasis1887
tunnel-disease1887
ascariasis1888
taeniasis1896
hook-worm disease1902
Strongyloides1902
uncinariasis1902
tunnel-sickness1903
amœbiasis1905
redwater1906
schistosomiasis1906
paragonimiasis1907
strongyloidiasis1907
strongyloidosis1907
trichinelliasis1907
loaiasis1913
onchocercosis1918
trichuriasis1921
loa loa1923
hydatidosis1925
sparganosis1928
trichinellosis1958
1923 E. A. Neatby & T. M. Neatby Man. Trop. Dis. & Hygiene 396 Loa loa is a filarial infection, confined to West Africa, the worm (Filaria loa) resembling F. bancrofti.
1963 Times 8 Feb. 15/7 It was found that exactly the reverse held true for the form of filarial disease in West Africa, known as loa loa. Here the number of microfilariæ in the bloodstream is maximal at noon and minimal at midnight.
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