Human Intraocular Filariasis caused by Pelecitus sp. Nematode, Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 867-869

  Bain, Odile ^a   Otranto, Domenico ^b   Diniz, Daniel G ^c   dos Santos, Jeannie Nascimento ^c   de Oliveira, Norimar Pinto ^d   de Almeida, Izabela Negrão Frota ^c   de Almeida, Rafael Negrão Frota ^c   de Almeida, Luciana Negrão Frota ^c   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^b   de Almeida Sobrinho, Edmundo Frota ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^d Instituto de Medicina do Olho de Tucuruí   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CONSULTATION; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE INFECTION; EYE SURGERY; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR FILARIASIS; MALE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PELECITUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; EYE; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 79953830294     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1705.101309     Document Type: Article

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