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Challenges in the management of intraocular parasitic infections
CHRISMED Journal of Health and Research, 2015 Parasitic worms in eye is something which is not very uncommon these days. People who eat undercooked food and have pets at home are at more risk to have parasitic infections.
Ashish Mitra +3 more
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Parasite spillover rather than niche expansion explains infection of host brain by diplostomid eye flukes [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesParasites often occupy specific sites within their host, which has important implications for host performance and parasite transmission. Nonetheless, parasitic infections can occur beyond their typical location within a host, significantly altering host–parasite interactions.
Alfonso Diaz-Suarez +5 more
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Description of a new actinosporean type from South African freshwater [PDF]
, 2004 The 1st report on actinospores described these organisms as parasites related to myxosporeans. For a long time this group of parasites was believed to represent an independent taxonomic entity.
Avenant-Oldewage, Annemarie +2 more
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Parasite resistance and avoidance behaviour in preventing eye fluke infections in fish
Parasitology, 2004 This paper examines the efficiency of acquired resistance in protecting the fish host, rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), against the trematode parasite Diplostomum spathaceum, and the hypothesis that fish recognize areas where infective stages are aggregated and show avoidance behaviour.
A, Karvonen, O, Seppälä, E T, Valtonen
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SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2022 Although echinococcosis is a common parasitic disease endemic to Africa, ocular echinococcosis is rare. We present a case of intraocular echinococcosis in a HIV-infected patient.
Kylie Divashnee Konar +1 more
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Recent large-scale philophthalmosis outbreak in Portugal: inefficacy of common antihelminthic agents
Parasites & Vectors, 2022 Background Parasitic conjunctivitis caused by Philophthalmus spp. is a common ophthalmic disease in birds, with localized outbreaks occurring worldwide.
Petr Heneberg, María Casero
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Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2022 Background: Millions of people throughout the world suffer from parasite infections. Traditionally, technicians use manual eye inspection of microscopic specimens to perform a parasite examination.
Chi-Ching Lee +6 more
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Challenging diagnoses of toxocariasis: a report of two cases
Italian Journal of Medicine, 2019 The present study illustrates two cases of Toxocara canis infection: a 77-year-old man presenting with bilateral uveitis, sepsis, and non-convulsive status epilepticus (patient A); and a 63-year-old woman with a history of treated breast cancer ...
Maria Luisa Gastaldello +2 more
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First reports of autochthonous eyeworm infection by Thelazia callipaeda (Spirurida, Thelaziidae) in dogs and cat from France [PDF]
, 2007 Thelazia callipaeda (Spirurida, Thelaziidae) is a small nematode living in the conjunctival sac of domestic and wild carnivores, rabbits and humans causing lacrimation, epiphora, conjunctivitis, keratitis and even corneal ulcers.
Cantacessi, Cinzia +5 more
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Burden of Congenital Haemolytic Anaemias among the Rural Paediatric Population of Central India [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022 Introduction: Childhood anaemia may be caused due to many factors, including malnutrition, chronic infections, deficiency of iron and vitamins, parasitic infections.
Manal Ashraf Ali +2 more
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