First case of human Thelaziasis in Indonesia.
The thread-like worms removed from the right eye of a 10 month-old boy in North Sumatra were shown to be female Thelazia callipaeda, by the shape of the buccal capsule and the position of the vulva. This is the first report of human infection of Thelazia callipaeda in Indonesia.
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Department of Parasitology, Medical Faculty, Tarumanagara University, Jakarta, Indonesia.
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D000818:Animals; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013802:Thelazioidea