Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2011)

Human Intraocular Filariasis Caused by Pelecitus sp. Nematode, Brazil

  • Odile Bain,
  • Domenico Otranto,
  • Daniel G. Diniz,
  • Jeannie Nascimento dos Santos,
  • Norimar Pinto de Oliveira,
  • Izabela Negrão Frota de Almeida,
  • Rafael Negrão Frota de Almeida,
  • Luciana Negrão Frota de Almeida,
  • Filipe Dantas-Torres,
  • Edmundo Frota de Almeida Sobrinho

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1705.101309
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 5
pp. 867 – 869

Abstract

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A male nematode was extracted from iris fibers of a man from the Brazilian Amazon region. This nematode belonged to the genus Pelecitus but was distinct from the 16 known species in this genus. Similarities with Pelecitus spp. from neotropical birds suggested an avian origin for this species.

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