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Published on: February 7, 2019
Human case of Onchocerca lupi infection, Germany, August 2014
A Bergua1, B Hohberger, J Held
1Department of Ophthalmology and Eye Clinic, Friedrich Alexander Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany.
Abstract:
Onchocerca lupi, a nematode parasite infecting dogs and cats with a hitherto unknown arthropod vector, is also being recognised as a parasite also responsible for human eye infections. Here we describe a case of human eye infection diagnosed molecularly by nematode 12S rDNA PCR in a German patient who had travelled to Tunisia and Turkey. The patient recovered after treatment with antibiotic and anti-inflammatory therapy.
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