| T number | T02664 |
| Org code | loa |
| Aliases | LOALO, 7209 |
| Full name | Loa loa (eye worm) |
| Definition | Loa loa (eye worm) |
| Annotation | KOALA |
| Taxonomy | TAX: 7209 |
| Lineage | Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Nematoda; Chromadorea; Spirurida; Filarioidea; Onchocercidae; Loa |
| Data source | RefSeq (Assembly: GCF_000183805.2)
BioProject: 60051 |
| Original DB | Broad |
| Keywords | Human pathogen |
| Disease | H01104 Loiasis |
| Comment | African eyeworm.
Major filarial pathogen of humans.
Not contain the obligate intracellular Wolbachia endosymbiont.
Purified during a therapeutic apheresis from a patient with loiasis infected in Cameroon.
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| Statistics | Number of protein genes: 14915
Number of RNA genes: 37
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| Reference | PMID: 23525074 |
| Authors | Desjardins CA et al. |
| Title | Genomics of Loa loa, a Wolbachia-free filarial parasite of humans. |
| Journal | Nat Genet 45:495-500 (2013)
DOI: 10.1038/ng.2585 |
Loa loa (eye worm)