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
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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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author Permi, Harish S
Veena, S
Prasad, HL Kishan
Kumar, Y Sunil
Mohan, Rajashekar
Shetty, K Jayaprakash
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Veena, S
Prasad, HL Kishan
Kumar, Y Sunil
Mohan, Rajashekar
Shetty, K Jayaprakash
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description 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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spelling pubmed-31250372011-07-01 Subcutaneous Human Dirofilariasis Due to Dirofilaria Repens: Report of Two Cases Permi, Harish S Veena, S Prasad, HL Kishan Kumar, Y Sunil Mohan, Rajashekar Shetty, K Jayaprakash J Glob Infect Dis Case Report 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. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3125037/ /pubmed/21731311 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.81702 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Global Infectious Diseases http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Permi, Harish S
Veena, S
Prasad, HL Kishan
Kumar, Y Sunil
Mohan, Rajashekar
Shetty, K Jayaprakash
Subcutaneous Human Dirofilariasis Due to Dirofilaria Repens: Report of Two Cases
title Subcutaneous Human Dirofilariasis Due to Dirofilaria Repens: Report of Two Cases
title_full Subcutaneous Human Dirofilariasis Due to Dirofilaria Repens: Report of Two Cases
title_fullStr Subcutaneous Human Dirofilariasis Due to Dirofilaria Repens: Report of Two Cases
title_full_unstemmed Subcutaneous Human Dirofilariasis Due to Dirofilaria Repens: Report of Two Cases
title_short Subcutaneous Human Dirofilariasis Due to Dirofilaria Repens: Report of Two Cases
title_sort subcutaneous human dirofilariasis due to dirofilaria repens: report of two cases
topic Case Report
url 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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