The Experts below are selected from a list of 492 Experts worldwide ranked by ideXlab platform

R.n. Davidson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Clinical and laboratory features of patients with loiasis (Loa Loa Filariasis) in the U.K.
    The Journal of infection, 1996
    Co-Authors: D.r. Churchill, C. Morris, A. Fakoya, S.g. Wright, R.n. Davidson
    Abstract:

    To assess differences between Africans and expatriates, we reviewed records of 100 patients with loiasis presenting to The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London. Fifty-one were black Africans, and 49 were white expatriates. A history of Calabar swellings was more common amongst expatriates ( P = 0.0001, OR 8.1), whilst eyeworm was reported more frequently in Africans ( P = 0.0038, OR 4.2). Higher eosinophil levels ( P P = 0.047) or ELISA ( P P P = 0.012). The sensitivity of microfilaraemia as a screening test for loiasis was 75% in Africans and 29% in expatriates. The sensitivities of filarial antibody tests in Africans and expatriates were 81% and 100% for IFAT, and 28% and 93% for ELISA. Following treatment, 63% of patients were considered cured, 25% were lost to follow-up and 12% had a documented relapse. The differences between the two groups of patients could be caused by differences in the chronicity of loiasis, but other explanations are also discussed.

Assumpta Lucienne Bella - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • CASE REPORT Intraocular live male fi larial Loa Loa worm
    2013
    Co-Authors: André Omgbwa Eballe, E Epée, Godefroy Koki, Didier Owono, Côme Ebana Mvogo, Assumpta Lucienne Bella, Gynaeco Obstetric, Correspondence André, Omgbwa Eballe
    Abstract:

    Abstract: We report a case of Loa Loa Filariasis in an 8-month-old child who presented with a 3-month history of irritated acute red eye and insomnia. Examination revealed a living and active adult Loa Loa worm in the anterior chamber of the left eye. The worm was extracted under general anesthetic

  • Intraocular live male filarial Loa Loa worm
    Dove Medical Press, 2009
    Co-Authors: Emillienne Ep&amp, Godefroy Koki, Didier Owono, Assumpta Lucienne Bella
    Abstract:

    André Omgbwa Eballe1, Emillienne Epée2, Godefroy Koki2, Didier Owono2, Côme Ebana Mvogo2, Assumpta Lucienne Bella21Gynaeco Obstetric and Paediatric Hospital of Yaoundé, Yaoundé, Cameroon; 2Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé, Yaoundé, CameroonAbstract: We report a case of Loa Loa Filariasis in an 8-month-old child who presented with a 3-month history of irritated acute red eye and insomnia. Examination revealed a living and active adult Loa Loa worm in the anterior chamber of the left eye. The worm was extracted under general anesthetic.Keywords: Loa Loa, red eye, Cameroo

  • Intraocular live male filarial Loa Loa worm.
    Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland N.Z.), 2008
    Co-Authors: André Omgbwa Eballe, E Epée, Godefroy Koki, Didier Owono, Côme Ebana Mvogo, Assumpta Lucienne Bella
    Abstract:

    We report a case of Loa Loa Filariasis in an 8-month-old child who presented with a 3-month history of irritated acute red eye and insomnia. Examination revealed a living and active adult Loa Loa worm in the anterior chamber of the left eye. The worm was extracted under general anesthetic.

Dominique Richard-lenoble - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Detection of circulating antigens in Gabonese patients with Loa Loa Filariasis
    Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2007
    Co-Authors: A. Walker-deemin, Maryvonne Kombila, H. Mouray, M. L. Rondi, C. Nguiri, Dominique Richard-lenoble
    Abstract:

    Circulating antigens were detected in sera of Gabonese patients with Loa Loa filarial infection by co-electrosyneresis (Co-ES). The serum samples selected for this study were exposed to rabbit hyperimmune antifilarial antisera and human immune antisera: specific arcs were observed in 35/60 filarial patients, of whom 24/47 were microfilaraemic and 11/13 amicofilaraemic. The identity of rabbit hyperimmune antisera and loiasial immune sera was confirmed by the continuity of precipitation arcs. These preliminary studies were carried out to develop diagnostic tools for loiasis and to study the physiopathology of immune complexes.

D.r. Churchill - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Clinical and laboratory features of patients with loiasis (Loa Loa Filariasis) in the U.K.
    The Journal of infection, 1996
    Co-Authors: D.r. Churchill, C. Morris, A. Fakoya, S.g. Wright, R.n. Davidson
    Abstract:

    To assess differences between Africans and expatriates, we reviewed records of 100 patients with loiasis presenting to The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London. Fifty-one were black Africans, and 49 were white expatriates. A history of Calabar swellings was more common amongst expatriates ( P = 0.0001, OR 8.1), whilst eyeworm was reported more frequently in Africans ( P = 0.0038, OR 4.2). Higher eosinophil levels ( P P = 0.047) or ELISA ( P P P = 0.012). The sensitivity of microfilaraemia as a screening test for loiasis was 75% in Africans and 29% in expatriates. The sensitivities of filarial antibody tests in Africans and expatriates were 81% and 100% for IFAT, and 28% and 93% for ELISA. Following treatment, 63% of patients were considered cured, 25% were lost to follow-up and 12% had a documented relapse. The differences between the two groups of patients could be caused by differences in the chronicity of loiasis, but other explanations are also discussed.

A. Walker-deemin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Detection of circulating antigens in Gabonese patients with Loa Loa Filariasis
    Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2007
    Co-Authors: A. Walker-deemin, Maryvonne Kombila, H. Mouray, M. L. Rondi, C. Nguiri, Dominique Richard-lenoble
    Abstract:

    Circulating antigens were detected in sera of Gabonese patients with Loa Loa filarial infection by co-electrosyneresis (Co-ES). The serum samples selected for this study were exposed to rabbit hyperimmune antifilarial antisera and human immune antisera: specific arcs were observed in 35/60 filarial patients, of whom 24/47 were microfilaraemic and 11/13 amicofilaraemic. The identity of rabbit hyperimmune antisera and loiasial immune sera was confirmed by the continuity of precipitation arcs. These preliminary studies were carried out to develop diagnostic tools for loiasis and to study the physiopathology of immune complexes.