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An Unexpected Cause of Eye Irritation: A Case of Zoonotic Ocular Onchocerciasis

A 19-year-old male residing in Pittsburgh presented with irritation and watering from his right eye and was diagnosed to have a right subconjunctival nodule. Surgical excision revealed both dead and living worms and histopathological staining of the worms confirmed these to be zoonotic species of On...

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Autores principales: Biswas, Abhishek, Yassin, Mohamed H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3866879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24367731
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/504749