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ArticleAccess microbiology2025

Fortuitous discovery of a microfilaria of the genus Loa loa during a routine blood smear at the Hematology Laboratory of the Mohamed V Military Instruction Hospital in Rabat: a case report.

Mohammed Labrigui, Hamza Layat, Manal Bouikhif, Fatima Ziad, Zimi Khalil, Zineb Jerroundi, Hafid Zahid, Zohra Ouzzif

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Article in Access microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Mohammed LabriguiHematology and Immunohematology Laboratory, Mohamed V Military Instruction Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
Hamza LayatHematology and Immunohematology Laboratory, Mohamed V Military Instruction Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
Manal BouikhifHematology and Immunohematology Laboratory, Mohamed V Military Instruction Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
Fatima ZiadHematology and Immunohematology Laboratory, Mohamed V Military Instruction Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
Zimi KhalilHematology and Immunohematology Laboratory, Mohamed V Military Instruction Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
Zineb JerroundiHematology and Immunohematology Laboratory, Mohamed V Military Instruction Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
Hafid ZahidHematology and Immunohematology Laboratory, Mohamed V Military Instruction Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
Zohra OuzzifHematology and Immunohematology Laboratory, Mohamed V Military Instruction Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Loiasis is a parasitic infection transmitted by a vector, specifically through the bites of Chrysops genus tabanid flies. It is often associated with marked and persistent eosinophilia in affected individuals. We report the case of a 28-year-old Cameroonian male patient. His medical history includes an episode of malaria treated on an outpatient basis. As part of a diving internship in Morocco, the young serviceman underwent a medical fitness examination at the Medical Expertise Center for Aircrew Personnel of the Mohamed V Military Hospital, which included a biological assessment. This revealed a mildly elevated bilirubin level, lactate dehydrogenase activity at the upper limit of normal and eosinophilia at 1500 µl

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blood smearfilariasishyper eosinophiliaLoa loa

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PMID40406564
PMCPMC12095865

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