Open AccessA case of human thelaziasis in Korea
Author(s) -
Kyung Il Im,
Myong Hee Ahn,
JaeJin Kim,
Hong Bok Kim
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
korean journal of parasitology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.555
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1738-0006
pISSN - 0023-4001
DOI - 10.3347/kjp.1982.20.1.60
Subject(s) - foreign body , itching , medicine , veterinary medicine , biology , dermatology , surgery
This paper deals with the 11th case of human thelaziasis in Korea. The patient was a 25-year-old woman with complaints of foreign body and itching sensation of rihgt eye, who had lived in Seoul. The slender milky-white nematodes extracted from lower conjunctival sac, one male and one female in respect, were confirmed as Thelazia callipaeda Railliet and Henry, 1910.
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