Browsing: Loiasis

Loiasis constitutes an important barrier to onchocerciasis control in co-endemic areas of Central Africa. Caused by the filarial parasite Loa loa and transmitted by Chrysops deerflies, the disease affects millions of people across ten countries in Central and West Africa—particularly in remote and economically disadvantaged forest and savannah communities. Although long overshadowed loiasis is a…