Ocular thelaziasis in a 7-month-old infant.
Indian J Med Microbiol
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2014 Jan- Mar ; 32 (1): 84-86
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ABSTRACT
Human thelaziasis is a zoonotic eye disease caused by a nematode parasite called Thelazia. In India, seven human cases of Thelazia have been reported earlier. This is the fi rst case report of an infant infected with Thelazia. During the month of July, 2012, the infant was presented with an eye problem to the eye clinic from a village of Dibrugarh. Five worms (three female and two male) were recovered from the left eye of the infant. Thelazia infection is rare in infant, and report of this case is suggestive of prevalence of infection in the area and warrants further investigation.
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Indian J Med Microbiol
Journal subject:
Microbiology
Year:
2014
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