A Case of Ocular Angiostrongyliasis with Molecular Identification of the Species in Vietnam
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
; : 713-717, 2015.
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ABSTRACT
A 23-year-old female residing in a village of Cao Bang Province, North Vietnam, visited the Hospital of Hanoi Medical University in July 2013. She felt dim eyes and a bulge-sticking pain in her left eye for some days before visiting the hospital. In the hospital, a clinical examination, an eye endoscopy, and an operation were carried out. A nematode specimen was collected from the eye of this patient. The body of this worm was thin and long and measured 22.0x0.3 mm. It was morphologically suggested as an immature female worm of Angiostrongylus cantonensis. By a molecular method using 18S rRNA gene, this nematode was confirmed as A. cantonensis. This is the first molecular study for identification of A. cantonensis in Vietnam.
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Main subject:
Vietnam
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Base Sequence
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Strongylida Infections
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis
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Eye
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Eye Diseases
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
Year:
2015
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Article