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Loa loa

Loa loa /lō′ä lō″ä/ , a parasitic worm of western and central Africa that causes loiasis. Also called eye worm.

Loa loa (Conlon and Snydman, 2000)
Loa loa being extracted from under the conjunctiva (Michelson and Friedlaender, 1996/Courtesy Dr. Jonathan Belmont)
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