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Human Dirofilaria repens Infection in Romania: A Case Report

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2012
Human dirofilariasis is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by the filarial nematodes of dogs Dirofilaria repens and Dirofilaria immitis. Depending on the species involved, human infections usually manifest as one cutaneous or visceral larva migrans ...
Ioana Popescu, Irina Tudose, Paul Racz, Birgit Muntau, Calin Giurcaneanu, Sven Poppert   +5 more
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Seroprevalence of canine dirofilariosis, granulocytic anaplasmosis and lyme borreliosis of public health importance in dogs from India’s North East [PDF]

, 2014
Aim: Vector-borne infections namely dirofilariosis, ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis and lyme borreliosis are being recognized as emerging and/or re-emerging problems in dogs and man due to rapid extension of zoogeographical ranges of many causative agents ...
D. K. Deka, Kanta Bhattacharjee, P. C. Sarmah, S. K. Borthakur   +3 more
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Molecular xenomonitoring of Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens in mosquitoes from north-eastern Italy by real-time PCR coupled with melting curve analysis

Parasites & Vectors, 2012
Background Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens are transmitted by bloodsucking culicid mosquitoes belonging to Culex, Aedes, Ochlerotatus, Anopheles and Mansonia genera.
Latrofa Maria, Montarsi Fabrizio, Ciocchetta Silvia, Annoscia Giada, Dantas-Torres Filipe, Ravagnan Silvia, Capelli Gioia, Otranto Domenico   +7 more
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Redescription of Cercopithifilaria bainae Almeida & Vicente, 1984 (Spirurida, Onchocercidae) from a dog in Sardinia, Italy [PDF]

, 2013
Background Three species of the genus Cercopithifilaria have been morphologically and molecularly characterized in dog populations in southern Europe: Cercopithifilaria grassii (Noè, 1907), Cercopithifilaria sp.
Annoscia, Giada, Bain, Odile, Brianti, Emanuele, Dantas-Torres, Filipe, Martin, Coralie, Mutafchiev, Yasen, Otranto, Domenico, Scala, Antonio, Solinas, Cinzia, Varcasia, Antonio   +9 more
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Travelling safe? Risks associated to Dirofilaria spp. infection in dogs in a tourist destination

Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases
Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens, the causative agents of canine heartworm disease and subcutaneous dirofilariosis, respectively, are the most studied filarioid species, given their veterinary and public health significance.
Francesca Nonnis, Doriana Atzeni, Lia Cavallo, Simona Gabrielli, Marco Pombi, Serena Cavallero, Ilaria Bellini, Ettore Napoli, Giovanni De Benedetto, Luigi Venco, Claudia Tamponi, Antonio Scala, Antonio Varcasia   +12 more
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Genotypic assignment of infection by Dirofilaria repens

Parasitology International, 2002
Dirofilariasis is a parasitic disease, which if treated inappropriately due to misdiagnosis, can cause unwanted complications particularly when the infection is located in the breast. The numerous obstacles that can cause misdiagnosis of dirofilariases by standard morphological procedures prompted the development of a Dirofilaria repens-specific direct
Vakalis, N, Vougioukas, N, Patsoula, E, Spanakos, G, Sioutopoulou, DO, Vamvakopoulos, NC   +5 more
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Nationwide inventory of mosquito biodiversity (Diptera: Culicidae) in Belgium, Europe [PDF]

, 2013
To advance our restricted knowledge on mosquito biodiversity and distribution in Belgium, a national inventory started in 2007 (MODIRISK) based on a random selection of 936 collection points in three main environmental types: urban, rural and natural ...
Boyer, S., Damiens, David, De Clercq, E.M., Dekoninck, Wouter, Ducheyne, Els, Garros, Claire, Goosemans, M., Grootaert, P., Hance, T., Hendrickx, Guy, Van Bortel, Wim, Versteirt, Veerle   +11 more
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Human Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis, Russia

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007
We report 14 cases of human subcutaneous dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria repens, diagnosed from February 2003 through July 2004, in patients from Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Serologic analysis showed evidence of high risk of exposure to D.
Laura H. Kramer, Vladimir V. Kartashev, Giulio Grandi, Rodrigo Morchón, Sergei A. Nagornii, Panagiotis Karanis, Fernando Simón   +6 more
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Fibrous subcutaneous nodule caused by Dirofilaria repens

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2009
A case is described of subcutaneous dirofilariasis in a Greek woman who had visited many countries around the world, including areas of sub-Saharan Africa. The patient presented with a single hard subcutaneous nodule on the right cheek, with no cutaneous manifestations of early or long-standing onchocercal dermatitis or eye lesions.
Konstantina, Tzanetou, Charalampos, Gogou, Athanassios, Giannoulopoulos, Charalampos, Patralexis, Konstantina, Fragia   +4 more
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Subcutaneous human dirofilariasis due to Dirofilaria Repens: Report of two cases

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2011
Zoonotic filariasis due to Dirofilaria repens (D. repens) is prevalent in several regions of the world. In view of recent rise of human D. repens infections in Europe, Africa and Asia, it is considered an emerging zoonosis in these continents.
Harish S Permi, S Veena, H L Kishan Prasad, Y Sunil Kumar, Rajashekar Mohan, K Jayaprakash Shetty   +5 more
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