Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Loa loa filariasis (also known as loiasis) is a disease caused by the worm loa loa filaria. Humans contract this disease through the bite of a horse fly. The disease can cause red ichy swellings below the skin called "Calabar swellings". The disease is treated with the drug notezine (diethylcarbamazine). This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.