First Detection of Human Dirofilariasis in South Africa

Humans are occasionally inadvertently infected with dirofilariae, the zoonotic nematodes. We report two cases of human dirofilariasis in South Africa, an area apparently non-endemic for this infection. Dirofilariasis is frequently misdiagnosed, so increased awareness of this entity in areas that are...

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Autores principales: Moodley, Krishnee, Govind, Chetna N., Peer, Abdool K.C., van der Westhuizen, Marissa, Parbhoo, Dharmesh, Sun, Lisa Ming, du Plessis, Desiree C., Frean, John A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4387369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25874068
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/idr.2015.5726
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author Moodley, Krishnee
Govind, Chetna N.
Peer, Abdool K.C.
van der Westhuizen, Marissa
Parbhoo, Dharmesh
Sun, Lisa Ming
du Plessis, Desiree C.
Frean, John A.
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Govind, Chetna N.
Peer, Abdool K.C.
van der Westhuizen, Marissa
Parbhoo, Dharmesh
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description Humans are occasionally inadvertently infected with dirofilariae, the zoonotic nematodes. We report two cases of human dirofilariasis in South Africa, an area apparently non-endemic for this infection. Dirofilariasis is frequently misdiagnosed, so increased awareness of this entity in areas that are non-endemic is essential for prevention of inappropriate investigations and invasive therapy.
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spelling pubmed-43873692015-04-13 First Detection of Human Dirofilariasis in South Africa Moodley, Krishnee Govind, Chetna N. Peer, Abdool K.C. van der Westhuizen, Marissa Parbhoo, Dharmesh Sun, Lisa Ming du Plessis, Desiree C. Frean, John A. Infect Dis Rep Case Report Humans are occasionally inadvertently infected with dirofilariae, the zoonotic nematodes. We report two cases of human dirofilariasis in South Africa, an area apparently non-endemic for this infection. Dirofilariasis is frequently misdiagnosed, so increased awareness of this entity in areas that are non-endemic is essential for prevention of inappropriate investigations and invasive therapy. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2015-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4387369/ /pubmed/25874068 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/idr.2015.5726 Text en ©Copyright K. Moodley et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Moodley, Krishnee
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du Plessis, Desiree C.
Frean, John A.
First Detection of Human Dirofilariasis in South Africa
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