Korean J Parasitol.  1988 Jun;26(2):137-140. 10.3347/kjp.1988.26.2.137.

A human case of Thelazia callipaeda infection with reference to its internal structures

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Parasitology and Institute of Endemic Diseases, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, 110-460, Korea.
  • 2Korea Association of Health, Kyonggi-do Branch, Suwon, 440-300, Korea.

Abstract

Female and male nematodes isolated from an eye of a 36 year old Korean man in August 1987 were identified as Thelazia callipaeda. This is the 17th record of human thelaziasis in Korea. The internal structure of both female and male were described.


MeSH Terms

parasitology-helminth-nematoda
thelaziasis
Thelazia callipaeda
eye
case report
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