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Ultrastructure of the microfilaria of Brugia pahangi (Buckley and Edeson, 1956) Buckley, 1958 [PDF]

, 1977
The microfilaria of Brugia pahangi obtained from an experimentally infected dog were observed with the electron microscope. The sheath was composed of small granules and was covered with electron-dense particles on the outer surface and with small ...
Suguri, Setsuo
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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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New adhesive traps to monitor urban mosquitoes with a case study to assess the efficacy of insecticide control strategies in temperate areas [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Urban mosquitoes in temperate regions may represent a high nuisance and are associated with the risk of arbovirus transmission. Common practices to reduce this burden, at least in Italian highly infested urban areas, imply calendar-based ...
Caputo, Beniamino, DELLA TORRE, Alessandra, Ienco, Annamaria, Manica, Mattia, Petrarca, Vincenzo, Rosà, Roberto   +5 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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Subconjunctival dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria repens: A case report with short review

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2015
Human dirofilariasis is a rare infection caused by filarial worms of genus Dirofilaria. Subconjunctival dirofilariasis has been reported from Asia, Europe, Italy and Africa. In India majority cases are from Kerala, Karnataka and very few from Maharashtra.
Archana Chintaman Choure, Meghna Satish Palewar, Vaishali Babanrao Dohe, Swati Shankarrao Mudshingkar, K Madhuri, Renu Satish Bharadwaj   +5 more
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Autochthonous European dirofilariasis of the lung [PDF]

, 1993
Two intrapulmonary round nodules were identified by x-ray examination in a 45-year old German woman during an examination conducted before her employment who had been complaining of pain in the right side of the thorax and of mild coughing irritation and
Eckert, J., Häussinger, K., Löscher, Thomas, Morresi, A., Wöckel, W.   +4 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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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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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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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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