Ocular parasitic diseases: a review on toxocariasis and diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis.
Parasitic infections may damage various ocular tissues, thereby causing visual dysfunction. In 1950, Wilder described the first case in which larval forms of nematodal intestinal roundworms (Ascaridoidea: Ascaris, Toxocara, Ancylostoma, Necator, and Strongyloides) were implicated as a cause of intraocular disease. This review focuses on two disorders associated with parasitic infections: ocular toxocariasis and diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis.
Cortez
Rafael T
RT
Ramirez
Gema
G
Collet
Lucienne
L
Giuliari
Gian Paolo
GP
D000818:Animals; D005123:Eye; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology; D006257:Head; D006801:Humans; D012173:Retinitis; D014120:Toxocariasis; D014792:Visual Acuity