Dirofilaria repens Nematode Infection with Microfilaremia in Traveler Returning to Belgium from Senegal

We report human infection with a Dirofilaria repens nematode likely acquired in Senegal. An adult worm was extracted from the right conjunctiva of the case-patient, and blood microfilariae were detected, which led to an initial misdiagnosis of loiasis. We also observed the complete life cycle of a D...

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Autores principales: Potters, Idzi, Vanfraechem, Gaëlle, Bottieau, Emmanuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6106435/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30124407
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2409.180462
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description We report human infection with a Dirofilaria repens nematode likely acquired in Senegal. An adult worm was extracted from the right conjunctiva of the case-patient, and blood microfilariae were detected, which led to an initial misdiagnosis of loiasis. We also observed the complete life cycle of a D. repens nematode in this patient.
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spelling pubmed-61064352018-09-01 Dirofilaria repens Nematode Infection with Microfilaremia in Traveler Returning to Belgium from Senegal Potters, Idzi Vanfraechem, Gaëlle Bottieau, Emmanuel Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We report human infection with a Dirofilaria repens nematode likely acquired in Senegal. An adult worm was extracted from the right conjunctiva of the case-patient, and blood microfilariae were detected, which led to an initial misdiagnosis of loiasis. We also observed the complete life cycle of a D. repens nematode in this patient. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6106435/ /pubmed/30124407 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2409.180462 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Dirofilaria repens Nematode Infection with Microfilaremia in Traveler Returning to Belgium from Senegal
title Dirofilaria repens Nematode Infection with Microfilaremia in Traveler Returning to Belgium from Senegal
title_full Dirofilaria repens Nematode Infection with Microfilaremia in Traveler Returning to Belgium from Senegal
title_fullStr Dirofilaria repens Nematode Infection with Microfilaremia in Traveler Returning to Belgium from Senegal
title_full_unstemmed Dirofilaria repens Nematode Infection with Microfilaremia in Traveler Returning to Belgium from Senegal
title_short Dirofilaria repens Nematode Infection with Microfilaremia in Traveler Returning to Belgium from Senegal
title_sort dirofilaria repens nematode infection with microfilaremia in traveler returning to belgium from senegal
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6106435/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30124407
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2409.180462
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