Human Thelaziosis Caused by Thelazia Callipaeda Eyeworm, Hungary

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2022 Nov 23

PMID 36418009

Authors

Hajnalka Juhasz

Geza Thury

Maria Szecsenyi

Edit Toth-Molnar

Katalin Burian

Zoltan Deim

Gabriella Terhes

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Abstract

Ocular infections with Thelazia callipaeda eyeworms in Europe have become more common. We report a case in Hungary caused by T. callipaeda eyeworms in a 45-year-old woman who had no travel history abroad.

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