We report human infection with a Dirofilaria repens nematode likely acquired in Senegal. An adult worm was extracted from the right conjunctiva of the case-patient, and blood microfilariae were detected, which led to an initial misdiagnosis of loiasis. We also observed the complete life cycle of a D. repens nematode in this patient.
Keywords: Belgium; Dirofilaria repens; Senegal; blood; conjunctiva; eye worm; filariasis; human infection; microfilaremia; microfilariae; nematode; ocular infection; parasites; traveler; zoonoses.