TY - JOUR AU - Otranto, Domenico AU - Diniz, Daniel G. AU - Dantas-Torres, Filipe AU - Casiraghi, Maurizio AU - de Almeida, Izabela N.F. AU - de Almeida, Luciana N.F. AU - Nascimento dos Santos, Jeannie AU - Furtado, Adriano Penha AU - Sobrinho, Edmundo F. de Almeida AU - Bain, Odile T1 - Human Intraocular Filariasis Caused by Dirofilaria sp. Nematode, Brazil T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2011 VL - 17 IS - 5 SP - 863 SN - 1080-6059 AB - A case of human intraocular dirofilariasis is reported from northern Brazil. The nematode was morphologically and phylogenetically related to Dirofilaria immitis but distinct from reference sequences, including those of D. immitis infesting dogs in the same area. A zoonotic Dirofilaria species infesting wild mammals in Brazil and its implications are discussed. KW - Dirofilaria sp. KW - nematode KW - intraocular filariasis KW - zoonosis KW - human KW - eye KW - parasites KW - Brazil KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1705.100916 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/5/10-0916_article ER - End of Reference