Eosinophilic Meningitis and Intraocular Infection Caused by Dirofilaria sp. Genotype Hongkong
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
|April 26, 2021
Abstract:
Eosinophilic meningitis caused by human diroflarial infection is rare. We report a case of eosinophilic meningitis and concomitant intraocular dirofilarial infection in India. Sequencing of the mitochondrial genome identified the worm as Dirofilaria sp. genotype Hongkong, a close relative of D. repens nematodes.
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