This parasitic nematode worm lives in Central and West Africa, mainly around rainforests. Infection with Loa loa causes a disease called loiasis or Loa loa filariasis. An estimated 14.4 million ...

The worm was identified as Loa loa, a parasite transmitted by flies that breed in high-canopied rain forests of West and Central Africa. According to study authors, this is the first case of ...

Loa loa, known as the African eye worm, represents a significant parasitic threat in the forested and savannah regions of West and Central Africa. Traditionally viewed as a benign condition ...

Researchers at the LSTM's Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics, and University of Buea, Cameroon have developed new models of the tropical eye worm, Loa loa for the development of new drugs against ...

Efforts to eliminate river blindness, a debilitating disease affecting millions in Africa, will be hampered by another parasitic infection known as Loiasis, or 'African eye worm,' study published ...

Researchers at the LSTM's Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics, and University of Buea, Cameroon have developed new models of the tropical eye worm, Loa loa, for the development of new drugs against ...