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A S Dissanaike
Researcher at Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
Publications - 3
Citations - 34
A S Dissanaike is an academic researcher from Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Angiostrongyliasis & Eye infection. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications receiving 30 citations.
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Recovery of a species of Brugia, probably B. ceylonensis, from the conjunctiva of a patient in Sri Lanka.
TL;DR: A species of Brugia, probably B. ceylonensis, was recovered from the conjunctiva of a patient in Sri Lanka for the first time, and is clearly zoonotic, acquired from a dog.
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Third report of ocular parastrongyliasis (angiostrongyliasis) from Sri Lanka.
TL;DR: A further case of ocular parastrongyliasis has been seen in a patient from Sri Lanka, and as it is a juvenile female worm it could not be identified to the species, but it is probably ParastRongylus (= Angiostrongolus) cantonensis which is the commonly reported species in the country.
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Ocular parastrongyliasis (=angiostrongyliasis): probable first report of human infection from a patient in Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
A S Dissanaike,J H Cross +1 more
TL;DR: What is considered to be the first case of human parastrongyliasis worldwide is described from a patient in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in 1925, which predates the description of the parasite in humans by Chen (1935).