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Human Ocular Thelaziasis: A Case Report
Thelaziasis is a zoonotic disease which affects the eye of domestic and wild carnivores caused by the nematode Thelazia. It is transmitted to humans by secretophagous arthropod-borne zoophilic nonbiting flies of the family Drosophilidae. Human thelaziasis is rare and occurs in poor socio-economic fa...
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Journal of the Nepal Medical Association
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9107814/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35199702 http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.6447 |
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author | Pal, Anjila Atreya, Alok Maharjan, Nabina Mahat, Monika Bom, Rabin |
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description | Thelaziasis is a zoonotic disease which affects the eye of domestic and wild carnivores caused by the nematode Thelazia. It is transmitted to humans by secretophagous arthropod-borne zoophilic nonbiting flies of the family Drosophilidae. Human thelaziasis is rare and occurs in poor socio-economic families of the rural locations where people live in close proximity with animals. A one and halfyear-old was presented to the outpatient ophthalmology clinic after her mother noticed a whitish, thread-like worm in her right eye. A total of four worms were mechanically removed from her right eye. All the collected worms were gravid female nematodes of Thelazia species. The present case of human ocular thelaziasis from Palpa, Nepal is presented for its rarity. |
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spelling | pubmed-91078142022-05-27 Human Ocular Thelaziasis: A Case Report Pal, Anjila Atreya, Alok Maharjan, Nabina Mahat, Monika Bom, Rabin JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc Case Report Thelaziasis is a zoonotic disease which affects the eye of domestic and wild carnivores caused by the nematode Thelazia. It is transmitted to humans by secretophagous arthropod-borne zoophilic nonbiting flies of the family Drosophilidae. Human thelaziasis is rare and occurs in poor socio-economic families of the rural locations where people live in close proximity with animals. A one and halfyear-old was presented to the outpatient ophthalmology clinic after her mother noticed a whitish, thread-like worm in her right eye. A total of four worms were mechanically removed from her right eye. All the collected worms were gravid female nematodes of Thelazia species. The present case of human ocular thelaziasis from Palpa, Nepal is presented for its rarity. Journal of the Nepal Medical Association 2021-10 2021-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9107814/ /pubmed/35199702 http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.6447 Text en © The Author(s) 2018. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Pal, Anjila Atreya, Alok Maharjan, Nabina Mahat, Monika Bom, Rabin Human Ocular Thelaziasis: A Case Report |
title | Human Ocular Thelaziasis: A Case Report |
title_full | Human Ocular Thelaziasis: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Human Ocular Thelaziasis: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Human Ocular Thelaziasis: A Case Report |
title_short | Human Ocular Thelaziasis: A Case Report |
title_sort | human ocular thelaziasis: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9107814/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35199702 http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.6447 |
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