Human intraocular filariasis caused by Dirofilaria sp. nematode, Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 863-866

  Otranto, Domenico ^a   Diniz, Daniel G ^b   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a   Casiraghi, Maurizio ^a   de Almeida, Izabela N F ^b   de Almeida, Luciana N F ^d   Dos Santos, Jeannie Nascimento ^b   Furtado, Adriano Penha ^b   de Almeida Sobrinho, Edmundo F ^c   Bain, Odile ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CORNEA EDEMA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE INFECTION; EYE SURGERY; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INTRAOCULAR FILARIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIASIS; EYE; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 79953812558     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1705.100916     Document Type: Article

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