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Thelazia callipaeda. Railliet and Henry, 1910. 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.
Thelaziasis is the term for infestation with parasitic nematodes of the genus Thelazia. The adults of all Thelazia species discovered so far inhabit the eyes and associated tissues (such as eyelids, tear ducts, etc.) of various mammal and bird hosts, including humans. [2] Thelazia nematodes are often referred to as "eyeworms".
Caria ( / ˈkɛəriə /; from Greek: Καρία, Karia; Turkish: Karya) was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid- Ionia ( Mycale) south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. [1] The Carians were described by Herodotus as being Anatolian mainlanders and they called themselves Caria because of the name of their king. [2]
Artemisia I of Caria. Artemisia I of Caria ( Ancient Greek: Ἀρτεμισία; fl. 480 BC) was a Greek queen who reigned over Halicarnassus, an ancient Greek city-state in Anatolia. She was also the ruler of Kos, Nisyros, and Kalymnos, [2] all of which were located in Caria. [2] She was half Carian and half Cretan through her father and ...
Ancient cities of Caria. Nysa on the Maeander ( Greek: Νύσα or Νύσσα) was an ancient city and bishopric of Asia Minor, whose remains are in the Sultanhisar district of Aydın Province of Turkey, 50 kilometres (31 mi) east of the Ionian city of Ephesus, and which remains a Latin Catholic titular see . At one time it was reckoned as ...
Mausolus, 377–353 BCE. Casting from the Pushkin museum. Mausolus ( Ancient Greek: Μαύσωλος or Μαύσσωλλος, Carian: [𐊪𐊠]𐊲𐊸𐊫𐊦 Mauśoλ) was a ruler of Caria (377–353 BCE) and a satrap of the Achaemenid Empire. He enjoyed the status of king or dynast by virtue of the powerful position created by his father ...
Ada. v. t. e. Artemisia II of Caria ( Greek: Ἀρτεμισία; died 351 BC [1]) was a naval strategist, commander and the sister (and later spouse) and the successor of Mausolus, ruler of Caria. Mausolus was a satrap of the Achaemenid Empire, yet enjoyed the status of king or dynast of the Hecatomnid dynasty. After the death of her brother ...
Former California Governor Ronald Reagan speaks to Republicans gathered for a $100-a-plate champagne brunch GOP fundraiser at The Manor in West Orange, N.J., on April 27, 1975.