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Candidatus Dirofilaria hongkongensis as Causative Agent of Human Ocular Filariosis after Travel to India
We report a human case of ocular Dirofilaria infection in a traveler returning to Austria from India. Analysis of mitochondrial sequences identified the worm as Candidatus Dirofilaria hongkongensis, a close relative of Dirofilaria repens, which was only recently described in Hong Kong and proposed a...
Autores principales: | Winkler, Stefan, Pollreisz, Andreas, Georgopoulos, Michael, Bagò-Horvath, Zsuzsanna, Auer, Herbert, To, Kelvin Kai-Wang, Krücken, Jürgen, Poppert, Sven, Walochnik, Julia |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5547781/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28726623 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2308.170423 |
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