Eosinophils, basophils and myeloid-derived suppressor cells in chronic Loa loa infection and its treatment in an endemic setting.

• Main Authors: Gerrit Burger (Author), Rafiou Adamou (Author), Ruth Kreuzmair (Author), Wilfrid Ndzebe Ndoumba (Author), Dorothea Ekoka Mbassi (Author), Anne Marie Nkoma Mouima (Author), Carole Mamgno Tabopda (Author), Roukoyath Moyoriola Adegnika (Author), Ayong More (Author), Dearie Glory Okwu (Author), Lia-Betty Dimessa Mbadinga (Author), Carlos Lamsfus Calle (Author), Luzia Veletzky (Author), Wolfram Gottfried Metzger (Author), Benjamin Mordmüller (Author), Michael Ramharter (Author), Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma (Author), Ayola Akim Adegnika (Author), Rella Zoleko-Manego (Author), Matthew B B McCall (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Chronic infection by Loa loa remains an unsolved immunological paradox. Despite harboring subcutaneously migrating adult worms and often high densities of microfilariae, most patients experience only relatively mild symptoms, yet microfilaricidal treatment can trigger...