Korean J Parasitol.  1987 Jun;25(1):83-84. 10.3347/kjp.1987.25.1.83.

A case of human thelaziasis in Korea

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine and Institute of Tropical Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul 120, Korea.
  • 2Seoul Seventhday Adventist Hospital, Korea.

Abstract

The 15th case of human thelaziasis is reported from Korea. The patient was a 15-year-old girl from Seoul. Both of the worms which were removed from her eye were female and were identified by the number of transverse cuticular striations (281, 172 and 162/mm in the oesophageal, middle and posterior portions, respectively), as Thelazia callipaeda. The patient owned a pet dog ADDITIONAL ABSTRACT: The 15-year-old patient had herself removed a worm from one eye. Two worms were identified morphologically as Thelazia callipaeda. The source of infection was uncertain, but the patient was known to have close contact with a dog. The authors refer to 14 previously reported cases of thelaziasis in Korea.


MeSH Terms

parasitology-helminth-nematoda
Thelazia callipaeda
thelaziasis
case report
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