Abstract
Ocular thelaziosis is a parasitosis distributed mainly in East Asia, but increasingly described in Europe in different domestic and wild animals, including dogs, different wild canids and lagomorphs, and exceptionally in humans. In Spain, in some areas, a high infection prevalence rate has been described in domestic canids, which may lead to an increase in human cases. However, the description of human cases is still exceptional, which suggests that they are probably underdiagnosed. A case of ocular thelaziosis in a 2-year-old girl from an urban environment is described.
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All the authors contributed to the study conception and design. Images were obtained by Josué Pendones Ulerio, Alejandra Mª Parra Morales, and Ana Ávila Alonso. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Mª Mar Redero Cascón. The final version of the manuscript was written by Juan Luis Muñoz Bellido. All the authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Pendones Ulerio, J., Redero Cascón, M., Parra Morales, A.M. et al. Ocular thelaziosis: an emerging human parasitosis in Europe. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 42, 793–796 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-023-04598-6
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