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Indian J Pathol Microbiol
; 2015 Jul-Sept 58(3): 332-334
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-170454
ABSTRACT
Human dirofi lariasis is a rare infection caused by fi larial worms of genus Dirofi laria. Subconjunctival dirofi lariasis has been reported from Asia, Europe, Italy and Africa. In India majority cases are from Kerala, Karnataka and very few from Maharashtra. We report the rare case of subconjunctival dirofi lariasis caused by Dirofi laria repens from Maharashtra, western India.