A Human case of thelaziasis in Korea.
- Author:
Sung Tae HONG
1
;
Soon Hyung LEE
;
Yoon Bo SHIM
;
Jung Sook CHOI
;
Joon Kiu CHOE
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH: parasitology-helminth-nematoda; Thelazia callipaeda; thelaziasis; eye; conjunctival sac; case report
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology 1981;19(1):76-80
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: The authors recovered a white thread-like living nematode in left conjunctival sac of a 33 years old male on May 29, 1981. The chief complaints were foreign body sensation and itching sensation of eye. The worm was a female measuring 12.1 mm in length and 0.171 mm in maximum width. It was identified as Thelazia callipaeda Railliet et Henry, 1910. And we recorded the patient as the 10th reported thelaziasis case in Korea.
