Ocular Dirofilariasis in Migrant from Sri Lanka, Australia

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• ocular dirofilariasis
• Dirofilaria
• Hong Kong genotype
• parasites
• Australia
• Sri Lanka