Candidatus Dirofilaria hongkongensis as Causative Agent of Human Ocular Filariosis after Travel to India

We report a human case of ocular Dirofilaria infection in a traveler returning to Austria from India. Analysis of mitochondrial sequences identified the worm as Candidatus Dirofilaria hongkongensis, a close relative of Dirofilaria repens, which was only recently described in Hong Kong and proposed a...

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Autores principales: Winkler, Stefan, Pollreisz, Andreas, Georgopoulos, Michael, Bagò-Horvath, Zsuzsanna, Auer, Herbert, To, Kelvin Kai-Wang, Krücken, Jürgen, Poppert, Sven, Walochnik, Julia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5547781/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28726623
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2308.170423
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author Winkler, Stefan
Pollreisz, Andreas
Georgopoulos, Michael
Bagò-Horvath, Zsuzsanna
Auer, Herbert
To, Kelvin Kai-Wang
Krücken, Jürgen
Poppert, Sven
Walochnik, Julia
author_facet Winkler, Stefan
Pollreisz, Andreas
Georgopoulos, Michael
Bagò-Horvath, Zsuzsanna
Auer, Herbert
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Krücken, Jürgen
Poppert, Sven
Walochnik, Julia
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description We report a human case of ocular Dirofilaria infection in a traveler returning to Austria from India. Analysis of mitochondrial sequences identified the worm as Candidatus Dirofilaria hongkongensis, a close relative of Dirofilaria repens, which was only recently described in Hong Kong and proposed as a new species.
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spelling pubmed-55477812017-08-08 Candidatus Dirofilaria hongkongensis as Causative Agent of Human Ocular Filariosis after Travel to India Winkler, Stefan Pollreisz, Andreas Georgopoulos, Michael Bagò-Horvath, Zsuzsanna Auer, Herbert To, Kelvin Kai-Wang Krücken, Jürgen Poppert, Sven Walochnik, Julia Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We report a human case of ocular Dirofilaria infection in a traveler returning to Austria from India. Analysis of mitochondrial sequences identified the worm as Candidatus Dirofilaria hongkongensis, a close relative of Dirofilaria repens, which was only recently described in Hong Kong and proposed as a new species. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5547781/ /pubmed/28726623 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2308.170423 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Letter
Winkler, Stefan
Pollreisz, Andreas
Georgopoulos, Michael
Bagò-Horvath, Zsuzsanna
Auer, Herbert
To, Kelvin Kai-Wang
Krücken, Jürgen
Poppert, Sven
Walochnik, Julia
Candidatus Dirofilaria hongkongensis as Causative Agent of Human Ocular Filariosis after Travel to India
title Candidatus Dirofilaria hongkongensis as Causative Agent of Human Ocular Filariosis after Travel to India
title_full Candidatus Dirofilaria hongkongensis as Causative Agent of Human Ocular Filariosis after Travel to India
title_fullStr Candidatus Dirofilaria hongkongensis as Causative Agent of Human Ocular Filariosis after Travel to India
title_full_unstemmed Candidatus Dirofilaria hongkongensis as Causative Agent of Human Ocular Filariosis after Travel to India
title_short Candidatus Dirofilaria hongkongensis as Causative Agent of Human Ocular Filariosis after Travel to India
title_sort candidatus dirofilaria hongkongensis as causative agent of human ocular filariosis after travel to india
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5547781/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28726623
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2308.170423
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