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On an infection of a human eye with Parastrongylus (=Angiostrongylus) sp. in Sri Lanka

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

M.-C. Durette-Desset ,
A. G. Chabaud ,
M. H. S. Cassim ,
M. M. Ismail ,
U. N. Premaratne ,
W. Abeyewickreme  and
A. S. Dissanaike
M.-C. Durette-Desset
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Zoologie (Vers), associé au CNRS, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 61 rue Buffon, Paris cedex 05, France
A. G. Chabaud
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Zoologie (Vers), associé au CNRS, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 61 rue Buffon, Paris cedex 05, France
M. H. S. Cassim
Affiliation:
Eye Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka
M. M. Ismail
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Kynsey Road, Colombo, 8, Sri Lanka
U. N. Premaratne
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Kynsey Road, Colombo, 8, Sri Lanka
W. Abeyewickreme
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Kynsey Road, Colombo, 8, Sri Lanka
A. S. Dissanaike
Affiliation:
28 Welikadewatte, Nawala Road, Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka
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Abstract

A metastrongyle worm extracted from the anterior chamber of the right eye of a patient in Sri Lanka belongs to the genus Parastrongylus and probably to a yet undescribed species, related to P. cantonensis well known to infect man. It is mostly a parasite of rodents, wandering in man and unadapted to this host. Evidence for this lack of adaptation are that the specimen is undergoing necrosis (teratological specimen) and is located in an organ with little immunological defences.

Keywords

ParastrongylusSri LankamanNematodaeye
Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 67 , Issue 1 , March 1993 , pp. 69 - 72
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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