title: A Pediatric Case of Thelaziasis in Korea.
abstract: In the present study, we intended to report a clinical pediatric case of thelaziasis in Korea. In addition, we briefly reviewed the literature on pediatric cases of thelaziasis in Korea. In the present case, 3 whitish, thread-like eye-worms were detected in a 6-year-old-boy living in an urban area and contracted an ocular infection known as thelaziasis incidentally during ecological agritainment. This is the first report of pediatric thelaziasis in Seoul after 1995.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Gwangmyeong Sungae Hospital, Gwangmyeong 14241, Korea.
authors.forename: Chung Hyuk
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Yim
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Gwangmyeong Sungae Hospital, Gwangmyeong 14241, Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Gwangmyeong Sungae Hospital, Gwangmyeong 14241, Korea.
authors.forename: Jung Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Gwangmyeong Sungae Hospital, Gwangmyeong 14241, Korea.
authors.forename: Yu Mi
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Gwangmyeong Sungae Hospital, Gwangmyeong 14241, Korea.
authors.forename: Won Wook
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Gwangmyeong Sungae Hospital, Gwangmyeong 14241, Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Ki
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Biology and Medical Parasitology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul 04763, Korea.
authors.forename: Myoung Hee
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Gwangmyeong Sungae Hospital, Gwangmyeong 14241, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyong Eun
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D010274:Parasitology; D056910:Republic of Korea; D017205:Spirurida Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D013802:Thelazioidea / Q000302:isolation & purification*
keywords: Thelazia callipaeda; ecological agritainment; eye-worm; pediatric ocular parasite; thelaziasis