TY - JOUR
AU - Koehler, Anson
AU - Robson, Jennifer M.B.
AU - Spratt, David
AU - Hann, Joshua
AU - Beveridge, Ian
AU - Walsh, Michael
AU - McDougall, Rodney
AU - Bromley, Mark
AU - Hume, Anna
AU - Sheorey, Harsha
AU - Gasser, Robin
T1 - Ocular Filariasis in Human Caused by Breinlia (Johnstonema) annulipapillata Nematode, Australia
T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal
PY - 2021
VL - 27
IS - 1
SP - 297
SN - 1080-6059
AB -
We report a human case of ocular filariasis, caused by a species of Breinlia nematode, from Queensland, Australia. Morphological and molecular evidence indicated that the nematode Breinlia (Johnstonema) annulipapillata, or a closely related taxon, likely transmitted from a macropodid marsupial host was involved, which might represent an accidental finding or an emerging zoonosis.
KW - Australia
KW - human
KW - marsupial
KW - ocular filariasis
KW - zoonoses
KW - Breinlia (Johnstonema) annulipapillata
KW - nematodes
KW - parasites
DO - 10.3201/eid2701.203585
UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/1/20-3585_article
ER - End of Reference