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Intraocular Filaria, a Loaina Species, from Man in Colombia^*

David Botero, Luz M. Aguledo, Francisco J. Uribe, J. H. Esslinger AND P. C. Beaver

Sections of Parasitology and Ophthalmology, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
Section of Ophthalmology, Social Security Institute, Medellín, Colombia
Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, 1430 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112

A 4.5-mm filarial worm was removed from the anterior chamber of the left eye of a 56-year-old man who had lost the sight in the right eye due to trauma some years earlier. The worm was removed intact through an upper scleral incision with a corneal based flap. Within 2 months vision was normal. The worm was identified as a sexually mature male of an undescribed species of Loaina Eberhard and Orihel 1984, a genus related to Loa and Dirofilaria.

Accepted for publication January 19, 1984.

^* Supported in part by grant no. AI 04919 from the NIAID, National Institutes of Health.