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Case Report: A Human Case of Onchocerca lupi Mimicking Nodular Scleritis
Murat Hasanreisoglu1,2, Muhammad Sohail Halim2,3, Maria Stefania Latrofa4
1Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
|September 20, 2021
Abstract:
We report a case of human ocular onchocerciasis by zoonotic Onchocerca lupi presenting as nodular scleritis. Molecular analyses were used to confirm diagnosis at species level. In addition to few existing reports of human infection by O. lupi in Turkey, this case further suggests that the pathogen might be more common than previously reported, thus requiring further attention and investigations.
