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Volume 29, Number 4—April 2023
Research Letter

Prevention of Thelazia callipaeda Reinfection among Humans

Marija Trenkić, Suzana Tasić-Otašević, Marcos Antonio Bezerra-Santos, Marko Stalević, Aleksandar Petrović, and Domenico OtrantoComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Ophthalmology Clinic University Clinical Center, Niš, Serbia (M. Trenkić); University of Niš, Niš (M. Trenkić, S. Tasić-Otašević, M. Stalević, A. Petrović); Public Health Institute, Niš (S. Tasić-Otašević); University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy (M.A. Bezerra-Santos, D. Otranto); Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran (D. Otranto)

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Table

Morphometry of 11 specimens (6 female, 5 male) of Thelazia callipaeda from a naturally infected human in Serbia

Measurement Male
 Female
Body length, mm 9.58–12.7 (mean 11.05; SD ±1.16) 13.5–16.5 (mean 14.96; SD ±1.23)
Body width, μm 310–390 (mean 343; SD ±31.14) 360–490 (mean 434; SD ±56.83)
Buccal capsule length, μm 26.4 29.6
Buccal capsule width, μm 25.1 26.4
Nerve-ring from anterior extremity, μm 267.5 373.7
Esophagus length, μm 665.4 719.9
Vulva from anterior extremity, μm Not applicable 663.2
Left spicule length, μm 1,648 NA
Right spicule length, μm 157.2 NA
Tail length, μm 62.8
 72.4

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