Eosinophilic meningitis caused by human diroflarial infection is rare. We report a case of eosinophilic meningitis and concomitant intraocular dirofilarial infection in India. Sequencing of the mitochondrial genome identified the worm as Dirofilaria sp. genotype Hongkong, a close relative of D. repens nematodes.
Keywords: Dirofilaria; dirofilariasis; eosinophilic meningitis; filarial nematodes; genotype Hongkong; intraocular infection; meningitis/encephalitis; nematodes; ocular parasite; parasites; roundworms.