Slithering Through the Bone Marrow: Loiasis in a Patient With Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus-1-Associated Adult T-Cell Lymphoma.
HTLV-1
Loa loa
loiasis
microfilaremia
Journal
Open forum infectious diseases
ISSN: 2328-8957
Titre abrégé: Open Forum Infect Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101637045
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2020
Dec 2020
Historique:
received:
01
09
2020
accepted:
22
10
2020
entrez:
18
12
2020
pubmed:
19
12
2020
medline:
19
12
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Loiasis is a filarial disease endemic to areas of Central and West Africa. We present a case of Loa loa microfilaremia in a patient with HTLV-1-related adult T-cell lymphoma. This case may suggest the possible role of cellular immunity in controlling microfilaria burden.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33335934
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa526
pii: ofaa526
pmc: PMC7731528
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
ofaa526Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America.
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