title: Ocular thelaziasis in Assam: a report of two cases.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, India. reema_44@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Reema
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nath
authors.forename: Kanwar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Narain
authors.forename: Lahori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Saikia
authors.forename: Bharati Sarma
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Pujari
authors.forename: Bhaskar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Thakuria
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mahanta
mesh_terms: 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*