Ocular Dirofilariasis in Migrant from Sri Lanka, Australia

Abstract

We describe a case of imported ocular dirofilariasis in Australia, linked to the Hong Kong genotype of Dirofilaria sp., in a migrant from Sri Lanka. Surgical extraction and mitochondrial sequences analyses confirmed this filarioid nematode as the causative agent and a Dirofilaria sp. not previously reported in Australia.

Metabarcoding using nanopore sequencing enables identification of diverse and zoonotic vector-borne pathogens from neglected regions: A case study investigating dogs from Bhutan

“…Dirofilaria sp. hongkongensis has previously been identified in canines from southern India and Sri Lanka whilst human infections have been found further afield in China and Thailand as well as in European and Australian travellers with a history of travel to India and Sri Lanka [ [11] , [12] , [13] , 48 , 49 , [72] , [73] , [74] , [75] ]. Our identification of a range extension for this pathogen into Bhutan is therefore not surprising, given the prevalence of this pathogen in India [ 11 ] and that the sampling location from where the Dirofilaria sp.…”