Periorbital Dirofilaria repens imported to Denmark: A human case report

Dirofilaria repens, a filarial nematode of dogs and other carnivores, can accidentally infect humans. The infection occurs widely throughout Europe. We report a case of D. repens in a Danish woman who had been traveling to Crete. A nematode was visualized on examination and ELISA was positive for an...

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Autores principales: Klintebjerg, Kristine, Petersen, Eskild, Pshenichnaya, Natalia Yurievna, Ermakova, Larisa Alexandrovna, Nagorny, Sergey Andreevich, Larsen, Carsten Schade
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4672625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26793444
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2014.12.001
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author Klintebjerg, Kristine
Petersen, Eskild
Pshenichnaya, Natalia Yurievna
Ermakova, Larisa Alexandrovna
Nagorny, Sergey Andreevich
Larsen, Carsten Schade
author_facet Klintebjerg, Kristine
Petersen, Eskild
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Ermakova, Larisa Alexandrovna
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description Dirofilaria repens, a filarial nematode of dogs and other carnivores, can accidentally infect humans. The infection occurs widely throughout Europe. We report a case of D. repens in a Danish woman who had been traveling to Crete. A nematode was visualized on examination and ELISA was positive for antibodies against D. repens.
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spelling pubmed-46726252016-01-20 Periorbital Dirofilaria repens imported to Denmark: A human case report Klintebjerg, Kristine Petersen, Eskild Pshenichnaya, Natalia Yurievna Ermakova, Larisa Alexandrovna Nagorny, Sergey Andreevich Larsen, Carsten Schade IDCases Case Report Dirofilaria repens, a filarial nematode of dogs and other carnivores, can accidentally infect humans. The infection occurs widely throughout Europe. We report a case of D. repens in a Danish woman who had been traveling to Crete. A nematode was visualized on examination and ELISA was positive for antibodies against D. repens. Elsevier 2014-12-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4672625/ /pubmed/26793444 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2014.12.001 Text en © 2014 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
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Ermakova, Larisa Alexandrovna
Nagorny, Sergey Andreevich
Larsen, Carsten Schade
Periorbital Dirofilaria repens imported to Denmark: A human case report
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title_full Periorbital Dirofilaria repens imported to Denmark: A human case report
title_fullStr Periorbital Dirofilaria repens imported to Denmark: A human case report
title_full_unstemmed Periorbital Dirofilaria repens imported to Denmark: A human case report
title_short Periorbital Dirofilaria repens imported to Denmark: A human case report
title_sort periorbital dirofilaria repens imported to denmark: a human case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4672625/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2014.12.001
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