Rl Ilhalamulla, S. Fernando, K. Weerasena, J. Cross, A. Dissanaike, C. Fonseka
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Abstract
Raw snails and slugs are rare ly, if ever, consumed in Sri Lanka. [f such mollusks are in fected with the 3rd stage larvae of the lungworm parasite Pnrnstrongyills (=AlIgiostrollgy/IIS), human in fect ion can occur and a number of such cases have been encountered in this country. We now report w hat we believe is the 5th such infection. All these cases have been from the eye, iI"Iciuding the anterior chmnber, the vitreous and the re ti na. In the present case the worm was in the vitreous.
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