ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2016
Trematode Fluke Procerovum varium as Cause of Ocular Inflammation in Children, South India.
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- Management of presumed trematode-induced granulomatous intermediate uveitis.Eye (London, England) · 2023Article
- Ocular Trematodiasis in Children, Sri Lanka.Emerging infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Surgical outcomes of complicated cataract with pediatric trematode granulomatous uveitis.International journal of ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Argon laser photocoagulation for treatment of presumed trematode-induced granulomatous anterior uveitis in children.The British journal of ophthalmology · 2022Article
- Morphological and molecular identification of Cryptocotyle lingua metacercariae isolated from Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) from Danish seas and whiting (Merlangius merlangus) from the English Channel.Parasitology research · 2021Article
- Practical Guidance for Clinical Microbiology Laboratories: Diagnosis of Ocular Infections.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2021Review
- Treatment of presumed trematode-induced granulomatous anterior uveitis among children in rural areas of Egypt.Eye (London, England) · 2019Article
- Management of presumed trematode induced granulomatous uveitis in pediatric patients.Japanese journal of ophthalmology · 2019Article
- Fishborne Zoonotic Trematodes Transmitted by Melanoides tuberculata Snails, Peru.Emerging infectious diseases · 2018Article
- Epidemiological spectrum of infectious uveitis in the Asia-Pacific.Taiwan journal of ophthalmologyReview
- Water related ocular diseases.Saudi journal of ophthalmology : official journal of the Saudi Ophthalmological SocietyReview
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Abstract
Trematodes are recognized as a group of emerging parasites in tropical countries. We identified a trematode as a cause of ocular granulomas that developed in children who bathed in ponds or rivers in South India. DNA was isolated from patients' surgically excised granulomas and from the trematode cercariae (larvae) released by the snail Melanoides tuberculata in water in which the children bathed. Real-time and conventional PCRs were performed that targeted ribosomal DNA regions spanning the internal transcribed spacer 2 and 28S sequences of this trematode. The PCR-amplified products were subjected to bidirectional sequencing. Analysis of sequences for the granuloma samples and the trematode cercariae showed maximum sequence similarity with Procerovum varium (family Heterophyidae). Our results confirmed the etiology of the ocular infection, implicating snail vectors as environmental risk factors for ocular parasitosis.
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