Thelazia Species and Conjunctivitis

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“…Then Evans and Rennie reported in Myanmar, while Stuckey reported T. callipaeda in dogs in China. The medical records were followed by other countries such as Far East countries (Former Soviet Countries, India, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia, South Korea, and Japan) [3,13] and Europe [4,14,15] . The first human cases (4 cases) reported from Italy and France [16] ; and T. callipaeda reported found in Italy in cat and foxes [17] .…”

“…T. callipaeda's vulva is located at the front of the esophagus region vulva also has a short cover [6] . While other Thelazia species are vivipar, T. callipaeda is ovovivipar [3] .…”

“…Dog's thelaziasis caused mainly by T. californiensis and T. callipaeda. The two species are also important for humans [3] . However, T. californiensis has been reported also in sheep, deer, jackals and bears [5] .…”

“…After this processes, morphological examinations were carried out on a light microscope (Olympus CX31) by parasitologist and pictures were taken (Olympus Imaging System Olympus LC30). The morphological features of the parasite were determined and the species was diagnosed by using the related literature [3,6,7,10] . There was no pathological result in the blood test.…”

“…T. alfortensis), T. skrjabini, in buffalo: T. bubalis, in sheep, cat, dog, human: T. californiensis, in camel: T. leesei, in horse: T. lacrymalis, in dog, rabbit, human: T. callipaeda, and in pig: T. erschowi [2] . It has been reported that these parasites could be found in the eyelids, membrana nictitans, and lacrimal channels, and sometimes in the nose and pharynx [3] . Eye involvement is high and infection induces from mild (…”