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His medical history includes an episode of malaria treated on an outpatient basis. As part of a diving internship in Morocco, the young serviceman underwent a medical fitness examination at the Medical Expertise Center for Aircrew Personnel of the Mohamed V Military Hospital, which included a biological assessment. This revealed a mildly elevated bilirubin level, lactate dehydrogenase activity at the upper limit of normal and eosinophilia at 1500\u2009\u00b5l\n                    <jats:sup>\u20131<\/jats:sup>\n                    , without anaemia or thrombocytopaenia. A blood smear was prepared and stained with May-Gr\u00fcnwald Giemsa, revealing the presence of several small worms, with an appearance consistent with\n                    <jats:italic>Loa loa<\/jats:italic>\n                    microfilariae. This case of\n                    <jats:italic>L. loa<\/jats:italic>\n                    , identified in the haematology laboratory, is one of the rare diagnoses in Morocco. 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