The Supposedly Innocuous Eye Worm: Or, What Could Make You Put Chili in Your Eye?

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Sep 13;105(6):1448-1449. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0319.

Authors

Luzia Veletzky^{1

2

3}, Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma^{1

2}, Michael Ramharter^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department for Tropical Medicine, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine & I. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
² Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné, Gabon.
³ German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, Germany.

No abstract available

Publication types

Personal Narrative
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Capsicum
Citrus
Eye Infections, Parasitic / therapy*
Gabon
Garlic
Humans
Loiasis / therapy*
Medicine, Traditional*
Onions