Human Pulmonary Dirofilariasis Due to Dirofilaria immitis: The First Italian Case Confirmed by Polymerase Chain Reaction Analysis, with a Systematic Literature Review

Dirofilariasis is a zoonosis caused by nematodes of the genus Dirofilaria. Dirofilaria immitis is cosmopolitan as regards its distribution in animals, being responsible for human pulmonary dirofilariasis in the New World. However, human infections by Dirofilaria immitis are exceptional in Europe, an...

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Autores principales: Palicelli, Andrea, Veggiani, Claudia, Rivasi, Francesco, Gustinelli, Andrea, Boldorini, Renzo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9605330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36295019
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life12101584

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