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Eosinophilic Meningitis and Intraocular Infection Caused by Dirofilaria sp. Genotype Hongkong.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 May 2021
Jyotsna Aruna S, Vinayan Kollencheri Puthenveettil, Biswas Lalitha, Haridas Sujithra, Roy Arun G, Suresh Parasmal, Kumar Anil
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Eosinophilic meningitis caused by human diroflarial infection is rare. We report a case of eosinophilic meningitis and concomitant intraocular dirofilarial infection in India. Sequencing of the mitochondrial genome identified the worm as Dirofilaria sp. genotype Hongkong, a close relative of D. repens nematodes.
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