Volume 17, Number 5—May 2011
Dispatch
Human Intraocular Filariasis Caused by Pelecitus sp. Nematode, Brazil
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Figure 2. Parasitic nematode isolated from the eye of the patient, a 29-year-old man from Brazil. A) Nematode that was removed from the iris, showing anterior (ae) and posterior (pe) extremities. Scale bar = 200 µm. B) Caudal region, subdorsal view, showing lateral alae, spicules, and the 2 postdeirids. Scale bar = 150 µm. C) Left spicule; D) right spicule. Scale bars = 20 µm.
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