Synonyms for the disease include African eye worm, loaiasis, loaina, " Loa loa " filariasis, filaria loa, filaria lacrimalis, filaria subconjunctivalis, Calabar swellings, Fugitive swellings, and microfilaria diurnal . " Loa loa ", the scientific name for the infectious agent, is an indigenous term itself and it is likely that there are many other terms used from region to region.
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Synonyms for the disease include African eye worm, loaiasis, loaina, " Loa loa " filariasis, filaria loa, filaria lacrimalis, filaria subconjunctivalis, Calabar swellings, Fugitive swellings, and microfilaria diurnal . " Loa loa ", the scientific name for the infectious agent, is an indigenous term itself and it is likely that there are many other terms used from region to region.
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There are two terminal nuclei that are distinctly separated from the other nuclei in the tail, whereas the tail of " W . bancrofti " contains no nuclei and " Loa loa " microfilariae nuclei form a continuous row in the tail . " B . malayi " microfilariae also have a characteristic cephalic space ratio of 2 : 1.
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While this was once true, and many of recently developed methods of Antibody detection are of limited value because substantial antigenic cross reactivity exists between filaria and other parasitic worms ( helminths ), and a positive serologic test does not necessarily distinguish between infections up and coming serologic tests that are highly specific to " Loa loa " were furthered in 2008.
