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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 95, 2001 - Issue 8
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Subconjunctival zoonotic Onchocerca in an Albanian man

S. PampiglioneDepartment of Veterinary Public Health, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064Ozzano Emilia, Bologna, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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N. VakalisDepartment of Parasitology, Entomology and Tropical Diseases, National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece
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A. LyssimachouDepartment of Ophthalmology, Amalia Fleming Hospital, Athens, Greece
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G. KouppariDepartment of Microbiology, Amalia Fleming Hospital, Athens, Greece
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T. C. OrihelDepartment of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University Medical Center, 1501 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA70112, U.S.A.
Pages 827-832 | Received 30 Jul 2001, Accepted 27 Sep 2001, Published online: 15 Nov 2016
 
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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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