Ocular Trematodiasis Caused by the Avian Eye Fluke Philophthalmus in Southern Texas
Open Access
- 13 June 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 6 (7) , ofz265
Abstract
A trematode identified as a Philophthalmus sp. was extracted from the bulbar conjunctiva of a patient in southern Texas with short-distance travel to Mexico. This parasite is very rarely reported from humans, and species identification is challenging. Aspects of diagnosis, zoonotic transmission, and unresolved questions about Philophthalmus spp. are discussed.Keywords
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