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Trematode Fluke Procerovum varium as Cause of Ocular Inflammation in Children, South India

Trematodes are recognized as a group of emerging parasites in tropical countries. We identified a trematode as a cause of ocular granulomas that developed in children who bathed in ponds or rivers in South India. DNA was isolated from patients’ surgically excised granulomas and from the trematode ce...

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Autores principales: Arya, Lalan Kumar, Rathinam, Sivakumar R., Lalitha, Prajna, Kim, Usha R., Ghatani, Sudeep, Tandon, Veena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4734527/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26812231
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2202.150051