Parasites, Hosts and Diseases

"Sang Ki Ahn"

Case Report

A Pediatric Case of Thelaziasis in Korea: Chung Hyuk Yim, Jeong Hee Ko, Jung Hyun Lee, Yu Mi Choi, Won Wook Lee, Sang Ki Ahn, Myoung Hee Ahn, Kyong Eun Choi; Korean J Parasitol 2016;54(3):319-321.
Published online June 30, 2016; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2016.54.3.319

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In the present study, we intended to report a clinical pediatric case of thelaziasis in Korea. In addition, we briefly reviewed the literature on pediatric cases of thelaziasis in Korea. In the present case, 3 whitish, thread-like eye-worms were detected in a 6-year-old-boy living in an urban area and contracted an ocular infection known as thelaziasis incidentally during ecological agritainment. This is the first report of pediatric thelaziasis in Seoul after 1995.

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