A case of human thelaziasis in Korea.
- Author:
Kyung Il IM
1
;
Myong Hee AHN
;
Jae Jin KIM
;
Hong Bok KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH: parasitology-helminth-nematoda; Thelazia callipaeda-thelaziasis; case report; eye
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology 1982;20(1):60-64
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: This paper deals with the 11th case of human thelaziasis in Korea. The patient was a 25-year-old woman with complaints of foreign body and itching sensation of rihgt eye, who had lived in Seoul. The slender milky-white nematodes extracted from lower conjunctival sac, one male and one female in respect, were confirmed as Thelazia callipaeda Railliet and Henry, 1910.
