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Volume 30, Number 4—April 2024
Research Letter

Ocular Dirofilariasis in Migrant from Sri Lanka, Australia

Elliott D. CopeComments to Author , Nishant Gupta, Anson V. Koehler, Robin B. Gasser, and Amy Crowe
Author affiliations: Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (E.D. Cope, N. Gupta); The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia (A.V. Koehler, R.B. Gasser); St Vincents Hospital, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia (A. Crowe)

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Figure 1

Left eye of a patient who recently migrated to Australia and originated from Sri Lanka, showing a subconjunctival infection that was identified as Dirofilaria sp. Hong Kong genotype nematode. The nematode can be seen at 3–5 o’clock, adjacent to the limbus of the eye.

Figure 1. Left eye of a patient who recently migrated to Australia and originated from Sri Lanka, showing a subconjunctival infection that was identified as Dirofilaria sp. Hong Kong genotype nematode. The nematode can be seen at 3–5 o’clock, adjacent to the limbus of the eye.

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