Abstract
Parasitic infections of the eye are uncommon in the developed world. Any part of the eye and its appendages may be involved. Medical professionals should be aware of these infections in the right clinical context and particularly in migrants, refugees, immunocompromised individuals and people in contact with animals. Unclean contact lenses make the eye susceptible to a relatively common soil parasite Acanthamoeba. Animal contact may lead to exotic parasites such as Dirofilaria ending up in the eye. Parasites such as the pubic lice may be sexually transmitted with involvement of the eye lashes. The presentation will cover a variety of common and uncommon cases parasitic infections of various parts of the eye with a brief overview of diagnosis and treatment of each.
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