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Ocular Zoonotic Onchocerca Infection in a Resident of Oregon

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: A long, slender filarial nematode was removed from the left anterior chamber of a resident of Oregon after several days of pain and blurred vision. The worm was identified as an Onchocerca, but it could not be further identified. This worm is the third zoonotic Onchocerca removed from the anterior chamber and the second case reported from the United States. Cases of zoonotic onchocerciasis continue to garner attention, and those cases affecting the eye are of particular interest.

Source: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0469

Authors: Mark L. Eberhard, Annette C. Sims, Henry S. Bishop, Blaine A. Mathison, Richard S. Hoffman

Institutions: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria

Language: English

Topic: Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2093502024

FWCI: 1.79

Cites: 11

Cited by: 14

Related to: 10