Human Ocular Thelaziasis: A Case Report

Authors

  • Anjila Pal Department of Microbiology, Lumbini Medical College, Palpa, Nepal
  • Alok Atreya Department of Forensic Medicine, Lumbini Medical College, Palpa, Nepal
  • Nabina Maharjan Department of Microbiology, Lumbini Medical College, Palpa, Nepal
  • Monika Mahat Department of Ophthalmology, Lumbini Medical College, Palpa, Nepal
  • Rabin Bom Department of General Practice & Emergency Medicine, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.6447

Keywords:

Nepal, ocular infection, Thelazia, zoonoses

Abstract

Thelaziasis is a zoonotic disease which affects the eye of domestic and wild carnivores caused by the nematode Thelazia. It is transmitted to humans by secretophagous arthropod-borne zoophilic nonbiting flies of the family Drosophilidae. Human thelaziasis is rare and occurs in poor socio-economic families of the rural locations where people live in close proximity with animals. A one and halfyear-old was presented to the outpatient ophthalmology clinic after her mother noticed a whitish, thread-like worm in her right eye. A total of four worms were mechanically removed from her right eye. All the collected worms were gravid female nematodes of Thelazia species. The present case of human ocular thelaziasis from Palpa, Nepal is presented for its rarity.

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Published

2021-11-19

How to Cite

Pal, A., Atreya, A., Maharjan, N., Mahat, M., & Bom, R. (2021). Human Ocular Thelaziasis: A Case Report. Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 59(242), 1060–1062. https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.6447

Issue

Vol. 59 No. 242 (2021): JNMA: Published Monthly

Section

Case Reports

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