A parasitic infection caused by the nematode Loa loa. The vector in the transmission of this infection is the horsefly (Tabanus) or the deerfly or mango fly (Chrysops). The larvae may be seen just beneath the skin or passing through the conjunctiva. Eye lesions are not uncommon. The disease is generally mild and painless.
    

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'Banocide' : Bancroftian filariasis, Malayan filariasis, loiasis, tropical eosinophilia, onchocerciasis / Burroughs Wellcome & Co. (The Wellcome Foundation Ltd.).

Note on the further history of the case of Filaria loa previously reported to the Society / by D. Argyll Robertson.

Case of Filaria loa, in which the parasite was removed from under the conjunctiva / by D. Argyll Robertson.

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'Banocide' : Bancroftian filariasis, Malayan filariasis, loiasis, tropical eosinophilia, onchocerciasis / Burroughs Wellcome & Co. (The Wellcome Foundation Ltd.).

Note on the further history of the case of Filaria loa previously reported to the Society / by D. Argyll Robertson.

Case of Filaria loa, in which the parasite was removed from under the conjunctiva / by D. Argyll Robertson.