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Volume 28, Number 12—December 2022
Research Letter

Human Thelaziosis Caused by Thelazia callipaeda Eyeworm, Hungary

Hajnalka Juhász, Géza Thury, Mária Szécsényi, Edit Tóth-Molnár, Katalin Burián, Zoltán Deim, and Gabriella TerhesComments to Author 
Author affiliation: University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary

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Imaging results for Thelazia callipaeda eyeworm infection in a woman in Hungary. A) Follicles in the inferior tarsal conjunctiva in the patient’s left eye 5 days after removal of an adult female T. callipaeda worm. B) Female worm removed from the patient’s left eye. Scale bar indicates 1 mm. C, D) Morphologic characteristics of the T. callipaeda worm from the patient (C) and eggs visible within the specimen (D). Original magnification ×100.

Figure. Imaging results for Thelazia callipaeda eyeworm infection in a woman in Hungary. A) Follicles in the inferior tarsal conjunctiva in the patient’s left eye 5 days after removal of an adult female T. callipaeda worm. B) Female worm removed from the patient’s left eye. Scale bar indicates 1 mm. C, D) Morphologic characteristics of the T. callipaeda worm from the patient (C) and eggs visible within the specimen (D). Original magnification ×100.

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