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Conjunctival infestation of a child with Theromyzon tessulatum
  1. C AUW-HAEDRICH
  1. Universitäts-Augenklinik, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany
  2. Institut für Gewässer und Fischerei, Bruchsal-Heidelsheim, Germany
  3. Institut für medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Freiburg, Germany
  1. A KEIM
  1. Universitäts-Augenklinik, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany
  2. Institut für Gewässer und Fischerei, Bruchsal-Heidelsheim, Germany
  3. Institut für medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Freiburg, Germany
  1. M KIST
  1. Universitäts-Augenklinik, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany
  2. Institut für Gewässer und Fischerei, Bruchsal-Heidelsheim, Germany
  3. Institut für medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Freiburg, Germany
  1. Dr Auw-Haedrich.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.82.9.e1090

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    Editor,—In its normal life cycle, Theromyzon tessulatum (duck leech) enters the nasal cavities of waterfowl to suck blood, staying in its host for hours up to days. Infestation of the human eye is very rare and may be classified as a zoonosis. To our knowledge only one case is described in the literature.1

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