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Molecular Diagnosis of Human Taenia martis Eye Infection

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Molecular Diagnosis of Human Taenia martis Eye Infection. / Koch, Till; Schoen, Christoph; Muntau, Birgit; Addo, Marylyn; Ostertag, Helmut; Wiechens, Burkhard; Tappe, Dennis.

In: AM J TROP MED HYG, Vol. 94, No. 5, 04.05.2016, p. 1055-7.

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Koch, T, Schoen, C, Muntau, B, Addo, M, Ostertag, H, Wiechens, B & Tappe, D 2016, 'Molecular Diagnosis of Human Taenia martis Eye Infection', AM J TROP MED HYG, vol. 94, no. 5, pp. 1055-7. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.15-0881

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Koch, T., Schoen, C., Muntau, B., Addo, M., Ostertag, H., Wiechens, B., & Tappe, D. (2016). Molecular Diagnosis of Human Taenia martis Eye Infection. AM J TROP MED HYG, 94(5), 1055-7. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.15-0881

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Koch T, Schoen C, Muntau B, Addo M, Ostertag H, Wiechens B et al. Molecular Diagnosis of Human Taenia martis Eye Infection. AM J TROP MED HYG. 2016 May 4;94(5):1055-7. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.15-0881

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title = "Molecular Diagnosis of Human Taenia martis Eye Infection",
abstract = "Taenia martis, a tapeworm harbored in the intestine of mustelids, is a rarely encountered zoonotic cysticercosis pathogen. The larval stage closely resembles the Taenia solium cysticercus, but the natural host and thus the epidemiology of the disease is different. We here report a human eye infection diagnosed molecularly in a previously healthy female German patient. The case represents the third human infection described worldwide; the two previous cases were also European, involving eye and brain.",
author = "Till Koch and Christoph Schoen and Birgit Muntau and Marylyn Addo and Helmut Ostertag and Burkhard Wiechens and Dennis Tappe",
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RIS

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AU - Schoen, Christoph

AU - Muntau, Birgit

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AU - Ostertag, Helmut

AU - Wiechens, Burkhard

AU - Tappe, Dennis

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N2 - Taenia martis, a tapeworm harbored in the intestine of mustelids, is a rarely encountered zoonotic cysticercosis pathogen. The larval stage closely resembles the Taenia solium cysticercus, but the natural host and thus the epidemiology of the disease is different. We here report a human eye infection diagnosed molecularly in a previously healthy female German patient. The case represents the third human infection described worldwide; the two previous cases were also European, involving eye and brain.

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DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0881

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