Subcutaneous dirofilariasis in children—An emerging zoonotic nematodal infection: A case series

Human subcutaneous dirofilariasis is an infection caused by filarial worms. Due to the recent rise of human disease, it is considered as an emerging zoonosis. Most of the cases in children recorded in India had ocular infection; very few subcutaneous cases of dirofilariasis have been reported in chi...

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Autores principales: Varghese Tharakan, K. O., Chandran, Chandana, Pranala, Maanasi, Sanker, Vivek, Gupta, Umang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10282167/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37351352
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7604
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author Varghese Tharakan, K. O.
Chandran, Chandana
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Sanker, Vivek
Gupta, Umang
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description Human subcutaneous dirofilariasis is an infection caused by filarial worms. Due to the recent rise of human disease, it is considered as an emerging zoonosis. Most of the cases in children recorded in India had ocular infection; very few subcutaneous cases of dirofilariasis have been reported in children.
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spelling pubmed-102821672023-06-22 Subcutaneous dirofilariasis in children—An emerging zoonotic nematodal infection: A case series Varghese Tharakan, K. O. Chandran, Chandana Pranala, Maanasi Sanker, Vivek Gupta, Umang Clin Case Rep Case Report Human subcutaneous dirofilariasis is an infection caused by filarial worms. Due to the recent rise of human disease, it is considered as an emerging zoonosis. Most of the cases in children recorded in India had ocular infection; very few subcutaneous cases of dirofilariasis have been reported in children. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-06-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10282167/ /pubmed/37351352 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7604 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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title Subcutaneous dirofilariasis in children—An emerging zoonotic nematodal infection: A case series
title_full Subcutaneous dirofilariasis in children—An emerging zoonotic nematodal infection: A case series
title_fullStr Subcutaneous dirofilariasis in children—An emerging zoonotic nematodal infection: A case series
title_full_unstemmed Subcutaneous dirofilariasis in children—An emerging zoonotic nematodal infection: A case series
title_short Subcutaneous dirofilariasis in children—An emerging zoonotic nematodal infection: A case series
title_sort subcutaneous dirofilariasis in children—an emerging zoonotic nematodal infection: a case series
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10282167/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7604
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