Human filariasis in travelers and migrants: a retrospective 25-year analysis at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.

Emmanuel Bottieau Ralph HuitsSteven Van Den BrouckeUla ManiewskiSteven DeclercqIsabel BrosiusCaroline TheunissenAnne-Marie FeyensMarjan Van EsbroeckJohan van GriensvenJan ClerinxPatrick Soentjens

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)

The burden and species distribution of filariasis in travelers evolved in the past decades. Most presentations were symptomatic. Case management would benefit from more effective therapies for loiasis and mansonellosis.

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