Ocular thelaziasis in Assam: a report of two cases.
Small, white, thread-like, motile worms were recovered from the conjunctival sac of a 13-year-old girl and a 50-year-old woman from Dibrugarh district, Assam, India. They were identified as thelazia species. These two cases have been reported due to their rarity in India and elsewhere.
Nath
Reema
R
Department of Microbiology, Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, India. reema_44@rediffmail.com
Narain
Kanwar
K
Saikia
Lahori
L
Pujari
Bharati Sarma
BS
Thakuria
Bhaskar
B
Mahanta
J
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008853:Microscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D017205:Spirurida Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013802:Thelazioidea / Q000302:isolation & purification*