Loa loa – oko w oko z tropikalnym potworem
Loa loa – face to face with tropical monster

Summary/Abstract: Loa Loa is a few centimeters long nematode worm, which belongs to the Family Filariidae. It is responsible in human for a disease called loiasis. Parasite occurs in majority equator rainy forest areas of Middle and West Africa. After the Loa Loa infection, within the human body, parasite develops from the larvae stage – microfilaria into the adult one, ready for sexual reproduction. Main clinical symptoms of invasion are different skin lesions, socalled Calabar swellings. Additionally, subconjunctival migration of an adult worm has become a characteristic pathological feature of loiasis. This paper presents the geographical range of incidence of Loa Loa and its life cycle. Furthermore, disease symptoms and main diagnostic and therapeutic methods of loiasis have been described as well.

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