A Case of Ocular Angiostrongyliasis with Molecular Identification of the Species in Vietnam.
Korean J Parasitol
; 53(6): 713-7, 2015 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-26797438
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 22.0×0.3 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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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Infecciones por Strongylida
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis
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Oftalmopatías
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Animals
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Female
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Korean J Parasitol
Asunto de la revista:
PARASITOLOGIA
Año:
2015
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Vietnam