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Ocular Gnathostomiasis—Update of Earlier Survey

Yukifumi NawaFaculty of Medicine, Tropical Diseases Research Centre, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand;

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Masahide YoshikawaDepartment of Parasitology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan;

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Kittisak SawanyawisuthFaculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine and Ambulatory Medicine Research Group, Research Center in Back, Neck Other Joint Pain and Human Performance (BNOJPH), and Sleep Apnea Research Group, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand;

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Verajit ChotmongkolFaculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand;

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Sandra Fernández FigueirasSección de Microbiologia, Laboratorio de Microbiología y Biología Molecular, Centro Medico Docente la Trinidad, Caracas, Venezuela;

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Maria BenavidesCornea Clinic, Ophthalmology Service, Centro Medico Docente la Trinidad, Caracas, Venezuela;

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Sylvia Paz Diaz CamachoFacultad de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán, Mexico

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Ocular gnathostomiasis is rather a rare food-borne zoonosis caused by infection with the larvae of several species of genus Gnathostoma and is a representative ocular larva migrans syndrome. In our previous literature survey, we found 73 cases of ocular gnathostomiasis reported up to and including 2009, though additional sporadic cases have been reported in Asia and the Americas since that report. Here, we review 10 additional cases reported since 2010, and also update current findings regarding epidemiological and clinical features in affected patients.

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Address correspondence to Yukifumi Nawa, Faculty of Medicine, Tropical Diseases Research Centre, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand 40002. E-mail: yukinawa@kku.ac.th

Authors’ addresses: Yukifumi Nawa, Faculty of Medicine, Tropical Diseases Research Centre, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, E-mail: yukinawa@kku.ac.th. Masahide Yoshikawa, Department of Parasitology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan, E-mail: myoshika@naramed-u.ac.jp. Kittisak Sawanyawisuth, Faculty of Medicine, Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, E-mail: kittisak@kku.ac.th. Verajit Chotmongkol, Faculty of Medicine, Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, E-mail: chotmongkolverajit@yahoo.com. Sandra Fernández Figueiras, Centro Medico Docente La Trinidad, Sección de Microbiologia, Laboratorio de Microbiología y Biología Molecular, Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela, E-mail: sandra_fernandez_inhrr@yahoo.com. Maria Benavides, Centro Medico Docente La Trinidad, Cornea Clinic, Ophthalmology Service, Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela, E-mail: mabenavides@me.com. Sylvia Paz Diaz Camacho, Facultad de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán, Mexico, E-mail: spdiazc@gmail.com.

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