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- 2019
Ocular Trematodiasis Caused by the Avian Eye Fluke Philophthalmus in Southern TexasDOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz265 Keywords: conjunctivitis, ocular parasitosis, Philophthalmus, trematodiases, zoonotic infections Abstract: A trematode identified as a Philophthalmus sp was extracted from the bulbar conjunctiva of a patient in southern Texas with short-distance travel to Mexico. This parasite is very rarely reported from humans, and species identification is challenging. Aspects of diagnosis, zoonotic transmission, and unresolved questions about Philophthalmus spp are discussed
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