Failed attempts at experimental transplantation and transmission of nocturnally-periodic simian Loa from monkey to man

Abstract

This paper describes unsuccessful attempts to induce a nocturnally-periodic infection with simian Loa in a human volunteer (the author of this paper) by means of 1. Transplanting adult simian Loa worms from a wild drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus) to man; and 2. Infecting the same volunteer by subcutaneous inoculation with infective larvae of simian Loa from a laboratory-bred, experimentally infected Chrysops silacea. © 2004 Duke; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.