J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
1978 Mar;19(1):125-129.
A Case of Human Thelaziasis Concomitantly found with a Reservoir Host
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea.
- 2Department of Ophthalmology, The 57th Evacuation Hospital, ROKA, Korea.
Abstract
- The 8th Korean case of human thelaziasis was recorded with the description of the most probable source of infection of the case. The patient was 23-year-old Korean Army soldier who had been in mountainous vicinity of Seoul for 6 months and complained of moving foreign body sensation, photophobia and epiphora of the left eye during past 7 days before the ophthalmological consultation. Total 3 worms were removed from the eye, two by a friend, one by the ophthalmologist. The latter one waS parasitologically identified as a female worm of Thelazia callipaeda. The dogs in the military compound were examined and one eye of them was found to be infected with 11 male and 20 female of oriental eye worms under the nictitating membrane. The significance of dog as a reservoir host of T. callipaeda infection was discussed.
