A historical note on an imported case of loiasis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1964
Loiasis is a filarial disease transmitted by the Chrysops spp. tabanid flies in West and Central Africa. It is most commonly diagnosed by the clinical manifestations of Calabar swellings (transient localized inflammatory edema) or, most dramatically, by the appearance of a migrating worm through the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2011-10-01
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| Series: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652011000500010&lng=en&tlng=en |