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Human Subconjunctival Infection of Macacanema formosana: The First Case of Human Infection Reported Worldwide
Arch Ophthalmol. 2002;120:643-646.
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INTRODUCTION
In the last few decades, the apparently more frequent occurrence of
zoonotic helminth infections in man have attracted the attention of parasitologists.1 In particular have been those brought about by
the genus Dirofilaria, which has been reported to
cause more than 900 cases of human infection. Most of them were due to Dirofilaria repens and Dirofilaria immitis. Therefore, it is worth reporting on a recent human case caused by Macacanema formosana, a filarial parasite of the catarrhine
monkeys (Macaca cyclopsis), that came to our attention
and apparently has never been reported in humans.
Report of a Case
The patient was a 19-year-old woman who had been living in an urban
area of northern Taiwan since childhood. She visited the Department of Ophthalmology,
Taipei Veterans General Hospital in November 1999 owing to sudden pain and
redness in her left eye. Mild swelling of the left lower eyelid was noted
for 1 . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Parasitologic Findings
Comment
Corresponding author: Fenq-Lih Lee, MD, Department of Ophthalmology,
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Shih-Pai,
Taipei 11217, Taiwan (e-mail address: fllee@ms3.hinet.net).
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