Candidatus Dirofilaria hongkongensis as Causative Agent of Human Ocular Filariosis after Travel to India

Candidatus Dirofilaria hongkongensis as Causative Agent of Human Ocular Filariosis after Travel to India

We report a human case of ocular Dirofilaria infection in a traveler returning to Austria from India. Analysis of mitochondrial sequences identified the worm as Candidatus Dirofilaria hongkongensis, a close relative of Dirofilaria repens, which was only recently described in Hong Kong and proposed a...

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Main Authors: Stefan Winkler, Andreas Pollreisz, Michael Georgopoulos, Zsuzsanna Bagò-Horvath, Herbert Auer, Kelvin Kai-Wang To, Jürgen Krücken, Sven Poppert, Julia Walochnik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Candidatus Dirofilaria hongkongensis
Dirofilaria repens
India
Austria
ocular filariosis
zoonoses
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/8/17-0423_article

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