A human case of Thelazia callipaeda infection with reference to its internal structures.
10.3347/kjp.1988.26.2.137
- Author:
Sung Tae HONG
1
;
Soon Hyung LEE
;
Sook Il KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Parasitology and Institute of Endemic Diseases, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, 110-460, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
parasitology-helminth-nematoda;
thelaziasis;
Thelazia callipaeda;
eye;
case report
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
1988;26(2):137-140
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Female and male nematodes isolated from an eye of a 36 year old Korean man in August 1987 were identified as Thelazia callipaeda. This is the 17th record of human thelaziasis in Korea. The internal structure of both female and male were described.
