A rare case of subconjunctival dirofilariasis by Dirofilaria repens in rural Gujarat

Dirofilariasis is a worldwide zoonotic filariasis with over 782 cases reported so far from different parts of the world. Human dirofilariasis, caused by Dirofilaria repens, have been reported to occur widely throughout Asia, Europe, and Africa. It has not been widely recognized in India, however; se...

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Autores principales: Patel, Rupal, Singh, Suman, Bhavsar, Samir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Brief Communications
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4065526/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24088633
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.118442
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description Dirofilariasis is a worldwide zoonotic filariasis with over 782 cases reported so far from different parts of the world. Human dirofilariasis, caused by Dirofilaria repens, have been reported to occur widely throughout Asia, Europe, and Africa. It has not been widely recognized in India, however; several cases have been reported in last few years. There is probably a focus of human infection with D. repens in Kerala. Herein, we present a review of human infections by D. repens, along with a case report of subconjunctival dirofilariasis from rural part of Gujarat.
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spelling pubmed-40655262014-07-01 A rare case of subconjunctival dirofilariasis by Dirofilaria repens in rural Gujarat Patel, Rupal Singh, Suman Bhavsar, Samir Indian J Ophthalmol Brief Communications Dirofilariasis is a worldwide zoonotic filariasis with over 782 cases reported so far from different parts of the world. Human dirofilariasis, caused by Dirofilaria repens, have been reported to occur widely throughout Asia, Europe, and Africa. It has not been widely recognized in India, however; several cases have been reported in last few years. There is probably a focus of human infection with D. repens in Kerala. Herein, we present a review of human infections by D. repens, along with a case report of subconjunctival dirofilariasis from rural part of Gujarat. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4065526/ /pubmed/24088633 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.118442 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Ophthalmology 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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A rare case of subconjunctival dirofilariasis by Dirofilaria repens in rural Gujarat
title A rare case of subconjunctival dirofilariasis by Dirofilaria repens in rural Gujarat
title_full A rare case of subconjunctival dirofilariasis by Dirofilaria repens in rural Gujarat
title_fullStr A rare case of subconjunctival dirofilariasis by Dirofilaria repens in rural Gujarat
title_full_unstemmed A rare case of subconjunctival dirofilariasis by Dirofilaria repens in rural Gujarat
title_short A rare case of subconjunctival dirofilariasis by Dirofilaria repens in rural Gujarat
title_sort rare case of subconjunctival dirofilariasis by dirofilaria repens in rural gujarat
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