Slithering Through the Bone Marrow: Loiasis in a Patient With Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus-1-Associated Adult T-Cell Lymphoma

Carl Boodman; Daniel Marko; Yoav Keynan

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofaa526

Slithering Through the Bone Marrow: Loiasis in a Patient With Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus-1-Associated Adult T-Cell Lymphoma

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Oct 28;7(12):ofaa526. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa526. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Authors

Carl Boodman^{1

2}, Daniel Marko³, Yoav Keynan^{1

2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
² Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
³ Department of Pathology, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
⁴ Department of Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Abstract

Loiasis is a filarial disease endemic to areas of Central and West Africa. We present a case of Loa loa microfilaremia in a patient with HTLV-1-related adult T-cell lymphoma. This case may suggest the possible role of cellular immunity in controlling microfilaria burden.

Keywords: HTLV-1; Loa loa; loiasis; microfilaremia.