We describe a case of imported ocular dirofilariasis in Australia, linked to the Hong Kong genotype of Dirofilaria sp., in a migrant from Sri Lanka. Surgical extraction and mitochondrial sequences analyses confirmed this filarioid nematode as the causative agent and a Dirofilaria sp. not previously reported in Australia.
Keywords: Australia; Dirofilaria; Hong Kong genotype; Sri Lanka; nematodes; ocular dirofilariasis; parasites; vector-borne infections; zoonoses.