Human Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis, Russia

We report 14 cases of human subcutaneous dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria repens, diagnosed from February 2003 through July 2004, in patients from Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Serologic analysis showed evidence of high risk of exposure to D. repens. Surveillance studies on prevalence and prevention ef...

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Autores principales: Kramer, Laura H., Kartashev, Vladimir V., Grandi, Giulio, Morchón, Rodrigo, Nagornii, Sergei A., Karanis, Panagiotis, Simón, Fernando
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2725808/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17370533
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1301.060920
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author Kramer, Laura H.
Kartashev, Vladimir V.
Grandi, Giulio
Morchón, Rodrigo
Nagornii, Sergei A.
Karanis, Panagiotis
Simón, Fernando
author_facet Kramer, Laura H.
Kartashev, Vladimir V.
Grandi, Giulio
Morchón, Rodrigo
Nagornii, Sergei A.
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description We report 14 cases of human subcutaneous dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria repens, diagnosed from February 2003 through July 2004, in patients from Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Serologic analysis showed evidence of high risk of exposure to D. repens. Surveillance studies on prevalence and prevention effectiveness of canine infection are needed to control this emerging zoonosis.
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spelling pubmed-27258082009-09-10 Human Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis, Russia Kramer, Laura H. Kartashev, Vladimir V. Grandi, Giulio Morchón, Rodrigo Nagornii, Sergei A. Karanis, Panagiotis Simón, Fernando Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report 14 cases of human subcutaneous dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria repens, diagnosed from February 2003 through July 2004, in patients from Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Serologic analysis showed evidence of high risk of exposure to D. repens. Surveillance studies on prevalence and prevention effectiveness of canine infection are needed to control this emerging zoonosis. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2725808/ /pubmed/17370533 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1301.060920 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Kramer, Laura H.
Kartashev, Vladimir V.
Grandi, Giulio
Morchón, Rodrigo
Nagornii, Sergei A.
Karanis, Panagiotis
Simón, Fernando
Human Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis, Russia
title Human Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis, Russia
title_full Human Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis, Russia
title_fullStr Human Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis, Russia
title_full_unstemmed Human Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis, Russia
title_short Human Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis, Russia
title_sort human subcutaneous dirofilariasis, russia
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2725808/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1301.060920
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