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Case Report: A Human Case of Onchocerca lupi Mimicking Nodular Scleritis

Murat Hasanreisoglu Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey;
Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California;

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Muhammad Sohail Halim Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California;
Ocular Imaging Research and Reading Center, Sunnyvale, California;

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Maria Stefania Latrofa Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Valenzano, Bari, Italy;

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Jairo Alfonso Mendoza-Roldan Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Valenzano, Bari, Italy;

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Betull Ogut Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey;

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Mervenur Yilmaz Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey;

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Atike Burcin Tefon Aribas Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey;

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Kayhan Caglar Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey;

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Ipek Isik Gonul Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey;

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Funda Dogruman-Al Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey;

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Quan Dong Nguyen Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California;

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Domenico Otranto Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Valenzano, Bari, Italy;
Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-0186
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Volume 105: Issue 6
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1782–1785
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ABSTRACT.

We report a case of human ocular onchocerciasis by zoonotic Onchocerca lupi presenting as nodular scleritis. Molecular analyses were used to confirm diagnosis at species level. In addition to few existing reports of human infection by O. lupi in Turkey, this case further suggests that the pathogen might be more common than previously reported, thus requiring further attention and investigations.

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Address correspondence to Murat Hasanreisoglu, Department of Opthalmology, School of Medicine, Gazi University, Yenimahalle, Ankara, 06500, Turkey. E-mail: rmurat95@yahoo.com

Authors’ addresses: Murat Hasanreisoglu, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, and Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, E-mail: rmurat95@yahoo.com. Muhammad Sohail Halim, Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, and Ocular Imaging Research and Reading Center, Sunnyvale, CA, E-mail: sohailhaleem@gmail.com. Maria Stefania Latrofa and Jairo Alfonso Mendoza-Roldan, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Valenzano, Bari, Italy, E-mails: maria.latrofa@uniba.it and jairo.mendozaroldan@uniba.it. Betül Öğüt and İpek Işık Gönül, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, E-mails: betulcimer@gmail.com and dripek@gmail.com. Mervenur Yılmaz and Atike Burçin Tefon Aribas, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, E-mails: mrvnr13@gmail.com and burcintefon@gmail.com. Kayhan Caglar and Funda Dogruman-Al, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, E-mails: kcaglar@gazi.edu.tr and alfunda@gazi.edu.tr. Quan Dong Nguyen, Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, E-mail: ndquan@stanford.edu. Domenico Otranto, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Valenzano, Bari, Italy, and Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran, E-mail: domenico.otranto@uniba.it.

Copyright:
© The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2021
Received:
16 Feb 2021
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Accepted:
19 Jun 2021
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Published Online:
20 Sep 2021
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Print ISSN:
0002-9637
Online ISSN:
1476-1645
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