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Fungal and Parasitic Infections of the Eye [PDF]
Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2000 SUMMARYThe unique structure of the human eye as well as exposure of the eye directly to the environment renders it vulnerable to a number of uncommon infectious diseases caused by fungi and parasites. Host defenses directed against these microorganisms, once anatomical barriers are breached, are often insufficient to prevent loss of vision.
S A, Klotz +3 more
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Toxocarosis, toxoplasmosis and ocular dirofilariasis diagnosed in a polish farmer from Wielkopolska Voivodeship – a case description [PDF]
BMC OphthalmologyIntroduction Zoonotic diseases caused by different parasites are recently more frequently diagnosed in humans. Contact with domestic animals, mainly dogs and cats increases a risk for the infection.
Łukasz Pielok +4 more
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Parasitic eye infection by Ascaris lumbricoides: Case report [PDF]
Sanamed, 2014 The parasitic infection is an affection of the body as well as the eye with parasites, protozoa's, worms and ectoparasites, with world incidence of 30%. These diseases are chronic, systemic diseases because of weak innate immunity and ability of parasites to evade immune answer of the host or increasing the resistance to the adaptive immunity of the ...
Dejan D Vulovic
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Ophthalmic Parasitosis: A Review Article [PDF]
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2012 Ocular parasitosis in human is more prevalent in geographical areas where environmental factors and poor sanitary conditions favor the parasitism between man and animals. Lesions in the eye can be due to damage directly caused by the infectious pathogen,
Amal R. Nimir +2 more
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Fish Pathology, 2008 Infection with the lernaeopodid copepod Clavella parva was found in gold-eye rockfish Sebastes thompsoni broodstock kept at an aquaculture institute in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan. A description of female and male adults of C. parva is given. This is the first record of C. parva from Japan and a new host record. The parasite was likely introduced
Kazuya Nagasawa +2 more
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Zoonotic filariasis and its public health significance: a comprehensive literature review [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyAnimal filariasis, a group of vector-borne parasitic infections, is a widely significant yet often underreported complex disease affecting a broad range of domestic and wild animals across tropical and subtropical regions.
Remya M., Manju Rahi, Prasanta Saini
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Ocular cysticercosis in pediatric patient
Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia, 2023 Ocular cysticercosis is a parasitic infection caused by Taenia solium. Its early diagnosis and treatment decreases the possibility of visual morbidity. It can either compromise the anterior chamber or the posterior segment, which translates into an very ...
Mateo Gasca-Sánchez +4 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 BackgroundThis study aimed to report a case who was treated with corticosteroids and anti- parasitic agents for ocular toxoplasmosis, but who progressed to acute retinal necrosis, and finally retinal detachment.Case PresentationA 42-year-old man ...
Hung-Yi Lin +3 more
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Subcutaneous Dirofilariosis of the Eyelid Brought to Poland from the Endemic Territory of Ukraine
Pathogens, 2023 We present the case of a 60-year-old man who was diagnosed with a subcutaneous nodule on the upper eyelid of his left eye. The patient reported multiple mosquito bites during numerous work trips to Ukraine.
Beata Rymgayłło-Jankowska +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2022 Marker-assisted selective breeding of fish with higher levels of resistance towards specific pathogens may improve fish health, but the impact of host genotype on susceptibility to multiple pathogen infections is still poorly investigated.
Asma M Karami +3 more
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