Ocular Filariasis in Human Caused by Breinlia (Johnstonema) annulipapillata Nematode, Australia.

We report a human case of ocular filariasis, caused by a species of Breinlia nematode, from Queensland, Australia. Morphological and molecular evidence indicated that the nematode Breinlia (Johnstonema) annulipapillata, or a closely related taxon, likely transmitted from a macropodid marsupial host was involved, which might represent an accidental finding or an emerging zoonosis.

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Anson V Koehler, Jennifer M B Robson, David M Spratt, Joshua Hann, Ian Beveridge, Michael Walsh, Rodney McDougall, Mark Bromley, Anna Hume, Harsha Sheorey, Robin B Gasser. Ocular Filariasis in Human Caused by Breinlia (Johnstonema) annulipapillata Nematode, Australia. Emerging infectious diseases. 2021 Jan;27(1):297-300

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PMID: 33350933

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