Subconjunctival zoonotic Onchocerca in an Albanian man

Authors
Pampiglione, S Vakalis, N Lyssimachou, A Kouppari, G Orihel, TC
Citation
S. Pampiglione et al., Subconjunctival zoonotic Onchocerca in an Albanian man, ANN TROP M, 95(8), 2001, pp. 827-832
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Envirnomentale Medicine & Public Health","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PARASITOLOGY
ISSN journal
00034983 → ACNP
Volume
95
Issue
8
Year of publication
2001
Pages
827 - 832
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4983(200112)95:8<827:SZOIAA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A case of subconjunctival infection with a zoonotic species of Onchocerca i s described, in a 16-year-old Albanian man who had immigrated to Greece. Th is is the first report of human infection with Onchocerca in this tissue lo cation and only the eighth report of zoonotic Onchocerca in man.