Thelazia callipaeda is a parasitic nematode, and the most common cause of thelaziasis (or eyeworm infestation) in humans, dogs and cats.[1] It was first discovered in the eyes of a dog in China in 1910.[2] By 2000, over 250 human cases had been reported in the medical literature.[3]
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