title: Human intraocular filariasis caused by Pelecitus sp. nematode, Brazil.
abstract: A male nematode was extracted from iris fibers of a man from the Brazilian Amazon region. This nematode belonged to the genus Pelecitus but was distinct from the 16 known species in this genus. Similarities with Pelecitus spp. from neotropical birds suggested an avian origin for this species.
authors.affiliation: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Odile
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bain
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Otranto
authors.forename: Daniel G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Diniz
authors.forename: Jeannie Nascimento
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.forename: Norimar Pinto
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Izabela Negrão
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Frota de Almeida
authors.forename: Rafael Negrão
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Frota de Almeida
authors.forename: Luciana Negrão
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Frota de Almeida
authors.forename: Filipe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dantas-Torres
authors.forename: Edmundo Frota
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: de Almeida Sobrinho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D005123:Eye / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D005368:Filariasis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D005370:Filarioidea / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male