Ocular dirofilariasis: Still in the dark in western India?
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OCULAR DIROFILARIASIS IN IRAN: A CASE REPORT
Dirofilariasis is caused by a Filariid parasite of the genus Dirofilaria. This zoonotic infection is spread by mosquito vector from animal to human. Ocular Dirofilariasis involving the eye and adnexa is rare. A nodule in the right eye had developed in a 20-year-old soldier from Mazandaran province, north of Iran. The mass was removed surgically and measured 5x5 mm. The specimen was identifi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0022-3859
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.101650