Volume 14, Number 4—April 2008
Dispatch
Human Thelaziasis, Europe
Table
Male patients with human thelaziasis, Europe, 2005–2006
Patient no. | Date of symptoms | Location | Age, y | Infected eye | No. and sex of nematodes |
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1 | 2005 Jun | Roja Valley, Liguria, Italy | 45 | Right | 1 fourth-stage larva |
2a | 2005 Jun | Nice, France | 65 | Right | 2 females, 1 male |
2b | 2005 Jul | Nice, France | 65 | Left | 1 male |
3 | 2006 Aug | Canelli, Piedmont, Italy | 48 | Right | 1 male |
4 | 2006 Aug | Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy | 37 | Right | 1 female |