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Volume 31, Number 12—December 2025

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Human Infection by Zoonotic Eye Fluke Philophthalmus lacrymosus, South America

Thomas WeitzelComments to Author , Esteban M. Cordero1, Trinidad Mujica1, Carolina Aravena, Brianne E. Phillips, Michael J. Yabsley, Gregory A. Lewbart, Diego Páez-Rosas, María Isabel Jercic, and Sofía Capasso
Author affiliation: Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany (T. Weitzel); Clínica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile (T. Weitzel, C. Aravena); Instituto de Salud Pública, Santiago (E.M. Cordero, M.I. Jercic), Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago (T. Mujica); Zoo New England, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (B.E. Phillips); University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA (M.J. Yabsley); North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA (G.A. Lewbart), Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Ecuador (D. Páez-Rosas); Galápagos Conservancy, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador (D. Páez-Rosas); Biologie, Épidémiologie et Analyse de Risque en Santé Animale, Nantes, France (S. Capasso)

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Figure 1

Specimen of Philophthalmus lacrymosus fluke extracted from conjunctiva of a female traveler from England in Chile. A) Full view of the unstained specimen showing oral sucker, pharynx, cirrus sac, acetabulum, uterus containing eggs, ovary, testes, and vitellarium. B) Intrauterine eggs showing fully formed miracidia with eyespots (arrows).

Figure 1. Specimen of Philophthalmus lacrymosus fluke extracted from conjunctiva of a female traveler from England in Chile. A) Full view of the unstained specimen showing oral sucker, pharynx, cirrus sac, acetabulum, uterus containing eggs, ovary, testes, and vitellarium. B) Intrauterine eggs showing fully formed miracidia with eyespots (arrows).

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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