Thelazia Research Articles

Historical Note on Loa Loa: a Reinterpretation *

Loa loa, also known as the African eye worm, is a common parasite in the central part of West Africa. As Chrysops silacea and C. dimidiata, the only important vectors of loaiasis, are found exclusively in the tropical rain forests of West Africa, the parasite's transmission is confined to this region. References by early writers to the extraction of Loa loa from the eye of a man on the Island of Ormus (today known as Hormuz or Hormus) in the Persian Gulf apparently were based on a misinterpretation of an illustration by de Bry (1595) of the blinding of a royal relative.

Face fly: invertebrate vector and host of a mammalian eye worm in Massachusetts.

Face fly: invertebrate vector and host of a mammalian eye worm in Massachusetts.

Loa Loa: The African Eye Worm Observed in Michigan

Loa Loa: The African Eye Worm Observed in Michigan

Loa loa: the African eye worm.

Loa loa: the African eye worm.

Thelaziasis in man.

SummaryReports of 12 human infections with eye worm (Thelazia sp.) were found in the literature. Three of these involving T. californiensis were reported from North America. Data on three additional cases are here presented. Two of these infections were probably acquired in the Sierra Nevada mountain area and the other in the Mojave Desert.

On Manson's Eye Worm in Poultry

On Manson's Eye Worm in Poultry