Subcutaneous Human Dirofilariasis Due to Dirofilaria Repens: Report of Two Cases

Zoonotic filariasis due to Dirofilaria repens (D. repens) is prevalent in several regions of the world. In view of recent rise of human D. repens infections in Europe, Africa and Asia, it is considered an emerging zoonosis in these continents. Most of the documented cases of human dirofilariasis rec...

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Autores principales: Permi, Harish S, Veena, S, Prasad, HL Kishan, Kumar, Y Sunil, Mohan, Rajashekar, Shetty, K Jayaprakash
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3125037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21731311
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.81702
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Sumario:Zoonotic filariasis due to Dirofilaria repens (D. repens) is prevalent in several regions of the world. In view of recent rise of human D. repens infections in Europe, Africa and Asia, it is considered an emerging zoonosis in these continents. Most of the documented cases of human dirofilariasis recorded in India had ocular infections, but very few subcutaneous dirofilariasis have been reported. We hereby report two cases of subcutaneous human dirofilariasis due to D.repens with varied clinical presentations.

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