Journal of Veterinary Parasitology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue: 1

Gnathostoma and gnathostomiasis in North East India: II. On the occurrence of an advanced third stage larva of Gnathostoma spinigerum Owen, 1836 in human eye with a description of its light microscopic morphology

  • Author:
  • Saidul Islam, Harsha Bhattacharjee1, Dipankar Das2, Jnanankar Medhi2
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 18 to 20

1Sri Sankardeva Nethralaya (SSN), Beltola, Guwahati-781 028, Assam, India

2Vitreo-retinal Service, SSN

Department of Parasitology, College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara, Guwahati-781 022, India

* Corresponding author e-mail: isaidul@yahoo.com

Online published on 9 December, 2011.

Abstract

Present communication describes the light microscopic morphology of an advanced third stage larva of Gnathostoma spinigerum Owen, 1836 recovered from human eye.

Keywords

Assam, Gnathostoma spinigerum, Human eye, India