Human Infection by Zoonotic Eye Fluke Philophthalmus lacrymosus, South America.

ABSTRACT: We report a case of severe conjunctivitis in a traveler infected with a Philophthalmus lacrymosus eye fluke, probably acquired on the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador. This zoonotic parasite is endemic in Brazil and Venezuela, where it has been reported in birds and capybaras.

SUBMITTER: Weitzel T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12782273 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature