Adult Loa loa Filarial Worm in the Anterior Chamber of the Eye: A First Report from Savanna Belt of Northern Nigeria

Sadiq Hassan; Mohammed Isyaku; Abdulsalam Yayo; Farouq Sarkin Fada; Gabriel U. Ihesiulor; Garba Iliyasu

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004436

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Adult Loa loa Filarial Worm in the Anterior Chamber of the Eye: A First Report from Savanna Belt of Northern Nigeria

Sadiq Hassan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sadiq Hassan, Mohammed Isyaku, Abdulsalam Yayo, Farouq Sarkin Fada, Gabriel U. Ihesiulor, Garba Iliyasu

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano State, Nigeria
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Mohammed Isyaku ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sadiq Hassan, Mohammed Isyaku, Abdulsalam Yayo, Farouq Sarkin Fada, Gabriel U. Ihesiulor, Garba Iliyasu

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano State, Nigeria
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Abdulsalam Yayo ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sadiq Hassan, Mohammed Isyaku, Abdulsalam Yayo, Farouq Sarkin Fada, Gabriel U. Ihesiulor, Garba Iliyasu

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano State, Nigeria
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Farouq Sarkin Fada ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sadiq Hassan, Mohammed Isyaku, Abdulsalam Yayo, Farouq Sarkin Fada, Gabriel U. Ihesiulor, Garba Iliyasu

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano State, Nigeria
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Gabriel U. Ihesiulor ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sadiq Hassan, Mohammed Isyaku, Abdulsalam Yayo, Farouq Sarkin Fada, Gabriel U. Ihesiulor, Garba Iliyasu

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano State, Nigeria
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Garba Iliyasu

Contributed equally to this work with: Sadiq Hassan, Mohammed Isyaku, Abdulsalam Yayo, Farouq Sarkin Fada, Gabriel U. Ihesiulor, Garba Iliyasu

* E-mail: ilyasug@yahoo.com

Affiliation Infectious Disease Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano State, Nigeria
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Adult Loa loa Filarial Worm in the Anterior Chamber of the Eye: A First Report from Savanna Belt of Northern Nigeria

Sadiq Hassan,
Mohammed Isyaku,
Abdulsalam Yayo,
Farouq Sarkin Fada,
Gabriel U. Ihesiulor,
Garba Iliyasu

Published: April 7, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004436

About the Authors

Sadiq Hassan

Contributed equally to this work with: Sadiq Hassan, Mohammed Isyaku, Abdulsalam Yayo, Farouq Sarkin Fada, Gabriel U. Ihesiulor, Garba Iliyasu

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano State, Nigeria

Mohammed Isyaku

Contributed equally to this work with: Sadiq Hassan, Mohammed Isyaku, Abdulsalam Yayo, Farouq Sarkin Fada, Gabriel U. Ihesiulor, Garba Iliyasu

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano State, Nigeria

Abdulsalam Yayo

Contributed equally to this work with: Sadiq Hassan, Mohammed Isyaku, Abdulsalam Yayo, Farouq Sarkin Fada, Gabriel U. Ihesiulor, Garba Iliyasu

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano State, Nigeria

Farouq Sarkin Fada

Contributed equally to this work with: Sadiq Hassan, Mohammed Isyaku, Abdulsalam Yayo, Farouq Sarkin Fada, Gabriel U. Ihesiulor, Garba Iliyasu

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano State, Nigeria

Gabriel U. Ihesiulor

Contributed equally to this work with: Sadiq Hassan, Mohammed Isyaku, Abdulsalam Yayo, Farouq Sarkin Fada, Gabriel U. Ihesiulor, Garba Iliyasu

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano State, Nigeria

Garba Iliyasu

Contributed equally to this work with: Sadiq Hassan, Mohammed Isyaku, Abdulsalam Yayo, Farouq Sarkin Fada, Gabriel U. Ihesiulor, Garba Iliyasu

* E-mail: ilyasug@yahoo.com

Affiliation Infectious Disease Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano State, Nigeria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.

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