program c backfreq b 0 0 pulse 6.66 66.6 #################################################################################### # Title: Loa loa aka African eye worm, Loaiasis, Loaina, Loa loa filariasis, Filaria loa, Filaria lacrimalis, Filaria subconjunctivalis, Calabar swellings, Fugitive swellings, Loaina, and Microfilaria diurnal # Description: The adult worms can live up to 17 years in the human host # Lifecycle: Adult->Microfilariae->L1->Fly->L3->Human->Adult # or Adult->Microfilariae->wolbachia->L3->Adult #################################################################################### label 0 label Adult # 40-70 mm long and 0.5 mm wide. Adults live in the subcutaneous tissues of humans, dwell 1200 # where they mate and produce worm-like eggs called microfilaria 66688.7657 label 1 label Larva # L3 larvae dwell 600 5786.5666 label 2 label Microfilariae # Microfilariae have been recovered from spinal fluids, urine, and sputum. dwell 600 # During the day they are found in peripheral blood, but during the noncirculation phase, they are found in the lungs 7877.6767