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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| 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 | doaj.art-a5ca34fb415a49a6880f5674244076062022-12-22T04:07:17ZengNepal Medical AssociationJournal of Nepal Medical Association0028-27151815-672X2021-10-015924210.31729/jnma.6447Human Ocular Thelaziasis: A Case ReportAnjila Pal0Alok Atreya1Nabina Maharjan2Monika Mahat3Rabin Bom4Department of Microbiology, Lumbini Medical College, Palpa, NepalDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Lumbini Medical College, Palpa, NepalDepartment of Microbiology, Lumbini Medical College, Palpa, NepalDepartment of Ophthalmology, Lumbini Medical College, Palpa, NepalDepartment of General Practice & Emergency Medicine, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, NepalThelaziasis 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.https://www.jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma/article/view/6447Nepalocular infectionThelaziazoonoses |
| spellingShingle | Anjila Pal Alok Atreya Nabina Maharjan Monika Mahat Rabin Bom Human Ocular Thelaziasis: A Case Report Journal of Nepal Medical Association Nepal ocular infection Thelazia zoonoses |
| 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 | Nepal ocular infection Thelazia zoonoses |
| url | https://www.jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma/article/view/6447 |
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