title: A Case of Ocular Angiostrongyliasis with Molecular Identification of the Species in Vietnam.
abstract: A 23-year-old female residing in a village of Cao Bang Province, North Vietnam, visited the Hospital of Hanoi Medical University in July 2013. She felt dim eyes and a bulge-sticking pain in her left eye for some days before visiting the hospital. In the hospital, a clinical examination, an eye endoscopy, and an operation were carried out. A nematode specimen was collected from the eye of this patient. The body of this worm was thin and long and measured 22.0×0.3 mm. It was morphologically suggested as an immature female worm of Angiostrongylus cantonensis. By a molecular method using 18S rRNA gene, this nematode was confirmed as A. cantonensis. This is the first molecular study for identification of A. cantonensis in Vietnam.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam.
authors.forename: Nguyen Van
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: De
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Institute of Bio-Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam.
authors.forename: Le Van
authors.initials: le V
authors.lastname: Duyet
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea.
authors.forename: Jong-Yil
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Chai
mesh_terms: D017185:Angiostrongylus cantonensis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D005123:Eye / Q000469:parasitology; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017206:Strongylida Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D014744:Vietnam; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Angiostrongylus cantonensis; eosinophilic meningoencephalitis; eye