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Loa
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LOA left occipitoanterior (position of fetus).
Loa (lo´ah) a genus of filarial nematodes, including L. lo´a, a West African species that migrates freely throughout the subcutaneous connective tissue, seen especially about the orbit and even under the conjunctiva, and occasionally causing edematous swellings.
Loa
a genus of onchocercid worms in the superfamily Filarioidea.
Loa loa
causes subcutaneous nodules in humans and primates. Transmitted by Chrysops spp.


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