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Review
. 2001 Dec;95(8):827-32.
doi: 10.1080/00034980120111163.

Subconjunctival zoonotic Onchocerca in an Albanian man

S Pampiglione  1 , N Vakalis, A Lyssimachou, G Kouppari, T C Orihel
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Subconjunctival zoonotic Onchocerca in an Albanian man

S Pampiglione et al. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2001 Dec.

Abstract

A case of subconjunctival infection with a zoonotic species of Onchocerca is described, in a 16-year-old Albanian man who had immigrated to Greece. This is the first report of human infection with Onchocerca in this tissue location and only the eighth report of zoonotic Onchocerca in man.

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