title: Ocular parasitic diseases: a review on toxocariasis and diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: Rafael T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Cortez
authors.forename: Gema
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ramirez
authors.forename: Lucienne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Collet
authors.forename: Gian Paolo
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Giuliari
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005123:Eye; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology; D006257:Head; D006801:Humans; D012173:Retinitis; D014120:Toxocariasis; D014792:Visual Acuity