Two Human Cases of Thelazia Callipaeda Infection in Korea

Overview

Journal Korean J Parasitol

Specialty Parasitology

Date 1995 Jun 1

PMID 7551806

Citations 9

Authors

S T Hong

Y K Park

S K Lee

J H Yoo

A S Kim

Y H Chung

S J Hong

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Abstract

Thelazia callipaeda were observed from a 7-month old baby who lived in Uijongbu in 1989 and from a 42-year old man who lived in Anyang in 1994. These are the 23rd and 24th records of human thelaziasis in Korea as the literature are concerned.

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