A Second Case of Human Conjunctival Infestation With Thelazia gulosa and a Review of T. gulosa in North America.

Authors :: Bradbury RS
Gustafson DT
Sapp SGH
Fox M
de Almeida M
Boyce M
Iwen P
Herrera V
Ndubuisi M
Bishop HS
Source :: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America [Clin Infect Dis] 2020 Jan 16; Vol. 70 (3), pp. 518-520.
Publication Year :: 2020
Abstract: We describe a second case of human infection caused by Thelazia gulosa (the cattle eye worm), likely acquired in California. For epidemiologic purposes, it is important to identify all Thelazia recovered from humans in North America to the species level.<br /> (Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2019.)

Subjects :: Animals
Cattle
Humans
North America epidemiology
Cattle Diseases
Eye Infections, Parasitic diagnosis
Spirurida Infections diagnosis
Spirurida Infections veterinary
Thelazioidea

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1537-6591
Volume :: 70
Issue :: 3
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 31638142
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz469

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