Diffuse Unilateral Subacute Neuroretinitis Caused by Ancylostoma Hookworm

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 343 - 344
• Main Authors: Poppert, Sven, Heideking, Martin, Agostini, Hansjürgen, Fritzenwanker, Moritz, Wüppenhorst, Nicole, Muntau, Birgit, Henneke, Philipp, Kern, Winfried, Krücken, Jürgen, Junker, Bernd, Hufnagel, Markus
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.02.2017; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Ancylostoma - genetics; Ancylostoma - immunology; Ancylostomiasis - diagnosis; Ancylostomiasis - immunology; Ancylostomiasis - parasitology; Animals; Antibodies, Helminth - immunology; Care and treatment; Case studies; Child; Development and progression; diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis; Diffuse Unilateral Subacute Neuroretinitis Caused by; DNA, Helminth; DUSN; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Genes, Helminth; Hookworm; Humans; infectious disease; Male; nematodes; ocular; Ophthalmoscopes; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Research Letter; Retinal diseases; Retinitis - diagnosis; Retinitis - immunology; Retinitis - parasitology; Roundworm infections; Toxocara canis; diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis; hookworm; infectious disease; parasites; zoonoses; DUSN; Baylisascaris procyonis; Ancylostoma ceylanicum; nematodes; ocular
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2302.142064

Diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis is an ocular infectious disease caused by several distinct nematodes. Definite identification of the involved nematodes is rarely achieved. We report on the molecular-based genetic identification of an Ancylostoma ceylanicum hookworm implicated in a case of diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis in a child.