Filariasis

Authors

  • Nayaris Gómez Martínez Hospital General Docente "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado". Pinar del Río.
  • Roberto Primelles Hernández Hospital General Docente "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado". Pinar del Río.
  • Nairovys Gómez Martínez Hospital General Docente "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado". Pinar del Río.
  • Henry Pérez González Hospital General Docente "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado"
  • Wilma Tipantasig Chimborazo Hospital General Docente "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado". Pinar del Río.

Keywords:

Filariasis/diagnosis/parasitology/epidemiology, Nematoda/parasitology.

Abstract

Introduction: Filariasis is an imported parasitic infection caused by thread-like nematodes (filariae) that belong to the roundworm super-family filarioidea. There are around 200 types of filarial nematodes but only some use humans as their definitive hosts.
Clinical case: a 30 year-old male patient from Guinea, came to the ophthalmology emergency-room at Abel Santamaría Cuadrado University Hospital in Pinar del Rio presenting the sensation of a foreign body in both eyes, without other symptoms. After a thorough ophthalmologic examination a presumptive diagnosis of ocular filariasis was made.
Conclusions: filariasis is one of the exotic diseases in Cuba. It is necessary to raise the epidemiological surveillance of this disease since visits coming from endemic areas are recurrent. It is vitally important to provide and adequate assessment of these patients to achieve an early identification in order to apply timely methods of treatment.

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Author Biographies

Nayaris Gómez Martínez, Hospital General Docente "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado". Pinar del Río.

Especialista de Segundo Grado en Oftalmología.

Roberto Primelles Hernández, Hospital General Docente "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado". Pinar del Río.

Especialista de Primer Grado en Oftalmología.

Nairovys Gómez Martínez, Hospital General Docente "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado". Pinar del Río.

Licenciada en Enfermería. Diplomada en Anestesia. Asistente.

Henry Pérez González, Hospital General Docente "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado"

Especialista de Segundo Grado en Oftalmología.

Wilma Tipantasig Chimborazo, Hospital General Docente "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado". Pinar del Río.

Residente de Segundo Año de Oftalmología.

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Published

2015-02-28

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Gómez Martínez N, Primelles Hernández R, Gómez Martínez N, Pérez González H, Tipantasig Chimborazo W. Filariasis. Rev Ciencias Médicas [Internet]. 2015 Feb. 28 [cited 2025 Aug. 22];19(1):151-6. Available from: https://revcmpinar.sld.cu/index.php/publicaciones/article/view/2025

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Vol. 19 No. 1 (2015)

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CASE REPORTS

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