RESUMEN

We describe a case of imported ocular dirofilariasis in Australia, linked to the Hong Kong genotype of Dirofilaria sp., in a migrant from Sri Lanka. Surgical extraction and mitochondrial sequences analyses confirmed this filarioid nematode as the causative agent and a Dirofilaria sp. not previously reported in Australia.

Asunto(s)

Dirofilariasis , Migrantes , Animales , Humanos , Dirofilariasis/diagnóstico , Sri Lanka/epidemiología , Cara , Dirofilaria/genética , Australia/epidemiología