Morphologic and Molecular Identification of Human Ocular Infection Caused by Pelecitus Nematodes, Thailand
Ploysai Rujkorakarn, Pukkapol Suvannachart
, Samadhi Patamatamkul, Tongjit Thanchomnang, Pairot Pramual, Weerachai Saijuntha, Wanchai Maleewong, and Shigehiko Uni
Author affiliations: Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand (P. Rujkorakarn); Mahasarakham University, Maha Sarakham, Thailand (P. Rujkorakarn, P. Suvannachart, S. Patamatamkul, T. Thanchomnang, P. Pramual, W. Saijuntha); Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand (P. Suvannachart, W. Maleewong); Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (S. Uni); Kobe Women’s University, Kobe, Japan (S. Uni)
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Figure 2
Figure 2. Light micrographs of Pelecitus sp. nematode isolated from the left eye of a 61-year-old man in Thailand. A) Curled female, 3.5 mm in length and 198 µm in width. Head (arrow) and tail (arrowhead) are indicated. Scale bar = 250 μm. B) Rounded anterior extremity with preesophageal cuticular ring (arrows). Scale bar = 10 μm. C) Postdeirid (arrowhead) at the posterior left side and lateral alae (arrows) at the posterior part. Scale bar = 50 μm. D) Rounded posterior extremity (arrowhead). Scale bar = 100 μm.
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