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Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens in mosquitoes from Corsica Island, France [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2021 Background Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens are the main causative agents of heartworm disease and subcutaneous dirofilariasis in domestic and wild canids, respectively.
Laidoudi Younes +7 more
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Microfilaremic Dirofilaria repens Infection in Patient from Serbia [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 We report a case of Dirofilaria repens infection causing microfilaremia in a patient from Serbia. Serum samples tested positive for D. repens IgG by ELISA.
Suzana Tasić-Otasevic +5 more
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Dirofilaria repens infection of the eye. [PDF]
J Ophthalmic Inflamm Infect, 2022 Abstract We present the first report of a live subconjunctival Dirofilaria Repens in the Nordic countries. A woman had been in India five months before her symptoms started with redness and a foreign sensation in her eye. A worm that moved was found under her conjunctiva (film enclosed). She was instantly operated and the worm was removed (film
Engelsberg K, Bläckberg J.
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Dirofilaria Repens in Dogs and Humans in Slovenia. [PDF]
J Vet Res, 2022 Abstract Introduction The prevalence of Dirofilaria repens in dogs in countries bordering Slovenia ranges from 1.5% to 47.3%. The aim of this study was to estimate its prevalence in Slovenian dogs and to present the cases of dirofilariasis diagnosed in humans from 2010 to 2020.
Kotnik T, Rataj AV, Šoba B.
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Subconjunctival Dirofilaria Repens [PDF]
Acta Medica Bulgarica, 2014 Dirofilariasis is a relatively rare zoonotic disease that affects mainly dogs. The two most common representatives are Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria nochtiella.
Neichev I. +3 more
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Dirofilaria repens in a Pediatric Patient—First Case Report from Switzerland [PDF]
European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports, 2023 We report the first case of Dirofilaria repens in a 4-year-old male patient in Switzerland. The disease is a vector-borne parasitic infection that is not endemic to Switzerland. A 4-year-old male presented with a tender mass in the left groin.
Rose Rose +3 more
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Dirofilaria repens Testicular Infection in Child, Italy. [PDF]
Emerg Infect Dis, 2022 Testicular Dirofilaria repens infection was identified and confirmed by sequence analysis in a child in northeastern Italy. Because human dirofilariasis is emerging in southern and eastern Europe, this parasitic infection should be considered in the differential diagnosis of scrotal swelling in disease-endemic countries to avoid unnecessary ...
Ugolini S +9 more
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Recurrent Swelling and Microfilaremia Caused by Dirofilaria repens Infection after Travel to India [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 Human subcutaneous dirofilariasis is an emerging mosquitoborne zoonosis. A traveler returning to Germany from India experienced Dirofilaria infection with concomitant microfilaremia.
Lena Huebl +8 more
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Characterization of Emerging Human Dirofilaria repens Infections, Estonia, 2023 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesMosquitoborne diseases are a growing threat to public health worldwide. Human dirofilariasis, caused by the nematode Dirofilaria repens and transmitted by mosquitoes from various genera, has recently expanded into new areas of Europe.
Kalev Nõupuu +4 more
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Ocular Dirofilaria repens: not rare
Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology, 2013 Aim: To report three cases of ocular Dirofilaria repens. Methods: Three patients, who presented to us with mass in preseptal and orbital region, and were not improving with parenteral and oral steroids, were investigated.
Usha Kim, Mohit Gupta, N. Vidhya, Shanti
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