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Ophthalmic dirofilariasis
D D'Heurle1, B H Kwa, A C Vickery
1University of South Florida, Tampa.
Annals of Ophthalmology
|July 1, 1990
Abstract:
Dirofilaria tenuis infection involving the eye and ocular adnexae is rare. We report a patient from Florida with a subconjunctival worm which was surgically removed and identified as immature D. tenuis. Ophthalmic involvement of this organism is found most commonly in Florida and the southeastern United States. Raccoons are a natural host and mosquitoes a natural vector for D. tenuis.