Ocular Filariasis in Human Caused by Breinlia (Johnstonema) annulipapillata Nematode, Australia

Authors :: Robin B. Gasser
Rodney McDougall
David M. Spratt
Anna Hume
Harsha Sheorey
Joshua Hann
Ian Beveridge
Michael Walsh
Jennifer M. Robson
Mark Bromley
Anson V. Koehler
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 27, Iss 1, Pp 297-300 (2021)
Publication Year :: 2021
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2021.
Abstract: We report a human case of ocular filariasis, caused by a species of Breinlia nematode, from Queensland, Australia. Morphological and molecular evidence indicated that the nematode Breinlia (Johnstonema) annulipapillata, or a closely related taxon, likely transmitted from a macropodid marsupial host was involved, which might represent an accidental finding or an emerging zoonosis.

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