Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Ocular Dirofilariasis in Migrant from Sri Lanka, Australia.
- Journal:
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Year:
- 2024
- Authors:
- Cope, Elliott D et al.
Abstract
We describe a case of imported ocular dirofilariasis in Australia, linked to the Hong Kong genotype of Dirofilaria sp., in a migrant from Sri Lanka. Surgical extraction and mitochondrial sequences analyses confirmed this filarioid nematode as the causative agent and a Dirofilaria sp. not previously reported in Australia.
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