ZOONOTIC HELMINTHIC NEMATODES INFECT HUMAN EYES CAUSING FROM ASYMPTOMATIC TO BLINDNESS WITH REFERENCE TO EGYPT | ||
| Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||
| Article 23, Volume 51, Issue 3, December 2021, Pages 627-640 PDF (1.24 M) | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2021.210454 | ||
| Authors | ||
| AHMED IBRAHIM ALSAYED ALASHRY1; TOSSON A. MORSY2 | ||
| 1Consultant Ophthalmology, Military Medical Academy | ||
| 2Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain-Shams University, Cairo 11566 | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Blindness and ocular diseases represent one of the most traumatic events for humans as they have the potential to severely impair both their quality of life and their psychological equilibrium. Although it is highly unusual, blindness has always been of great interest in human medicine. Apart from AIDS, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cardiac disorders, leukemia, and others, many causes of blindness induced by parasites (Protozoa, Helminthes and Diptera) are of major public health concern worldwide. This review focused on zoonotic nematodes that affect the human eye. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Egypt; Ascariasis; Dirofilariasis; Loiasis; Onchocerciasis; Thelaziasis; Toxocariasis; Trichinellosis; Overview | ||
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