Ophthalmic dirofilariasis.
Dirofilaria tenuis infection involving the eye and ocular adnexae is rare. We report a patient from Florida with a subconjunctival worm which was surgically removed and identified as immature D. tenuis. Ophthalmic involvement of this organism is found most commonly in Florida and the southeastern United States. Raccoons are a natural host and mosquitoes a natural vector for D. tenuis.
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University of South Florida, Tampa.
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D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D004182:Dirofilaria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans