Thelazia callipaeda Eyeworms in American Black Bear, Pennsylvania, USA, 2023.

abstract

• We identified a Thelazia callipaeda eyeworm in an American black bear in Pennsylvania, USA, on the basis of its morphological features and molecular analysis. Our finding highlights emergence of a T. callipaeda worm sylvatic transmission cycle in the United States.

authors

• Verocai, Guilherme

published proceedings

• Emerg Infect Dis

author list (cited authors)

• Sobotyk, C., Dietrich, J., Verocai, G. G., Maxwell, L., & Niedringhaus, K.

complete list of authors

• Sobotyk, Caroline||Dietrich, Jaclyn||Verocai, Guilherme G||Maxwell, Lauren||Niedringhaus, Kevin

publisher

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  Publisher

published in

• Emerging Infectious Diseases  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Emerging Disease
• Eyeworm
• Female
• Male
• Parasites
• Pennsylvania
• Phylogeny
• Spirurida Infections
• Thelazia Callipaeda
• Thelazioidea
• Thelaziosis
• United States
• Ursidae
• Wildlife
• Zoonoses

PubMed Central ID

• 39174020

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.3201/eid3009.240679

start page

• 1961

end page

• 1964

volume

• 30

issue

• 9