Molecular Diagnosis of Human Taenia martis Eye Infection
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Koch T
; Schoen C
; Muntau B
; Addo M
; Ostertag H
; Wiechens B
; Tappe D
Am J Trop Med Hyg
2016[May]; 94
(5
): 1055-7
PMID26928837
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Taenia martis, a tapeworm harbored in the intestine of mustelids, is a rarely
encountered zoonotic cysticercosis pathogen. The larval stage closely resembles
the Taenia solium cysticercus, but the natural host and thus the epidemiology of
the disease is different. We here report a human eye infection diagnosed
molecularly in a previously healthy female German patient. The case represents
the third human infection described worldwide; the two previous cases were also
European, involving eye and brain.
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