Ocular dirofilariasis, a case report
Iranian Journal of Parasitology. 2010; 5 (3): 64-68
em Inglês
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| ID: emr-97688
ABSTRACT
Accidental infection with animal filarial worms in humans is a dilemma for clinicians and parasitologists throughout the world. To date a variety of such rare parasitoses have been reported mostly in tropics and subtropics. Human dirofilariasis is among those unusual zoonotic infections that occasionally have been observed in the eye and in subcutaneous areas exhibiting with nodule for mation. Filarial worms are transmitted to humans through invertebrate biological vectors such as certain species of mosquitoes. The present report describes a peculiar case of ocular dirofilariasis in a 49-year-old man resident in Iran
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IMEMR (Mediterrâneo Oriental)
Assunto principal:
Infecções Oculares Parasitárias
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Dirofilariose
Tipo de estudo:
Relato de Casos
Limite:
Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Iran. J. Parasitol.
Ano de publicação:
2010
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