Albuminuria and proteinuria in dogs infected with Dirofilaria repens: A cross‐sectional study [PDF]
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2023 Background It is unknown whether Dirofilaria repens is capable of causing similar glomerular lesions, as does Dirofilaria immitis. Objective To determine whether D. repens infection could cause albuminuria or proteinuria.
Fruzsina A. Falus +6 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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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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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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Dirofilaria repens Nematode Infection with Microfilaremia in Traveler Returning to Belgium from Senegal [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 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 ...
Idzi Potters +2 more
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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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Periorbital Dirofilaria repens imported to Denmark: A human case report
IDCases, 2015 Dirofilaria repens, a filarial nematode of dogs and other carnivores, can accidentally infect humans. The infection occurs widely throughout Europe. We report a case of D. repens in a Danish woman who had been traveling to Crete.
Kristine Klintebjerg +5 more
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A meta-analysis on Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens in countries of North Africa and the Middle East [PDF]
ParasitologyDirofilaria immitis and D. repens are globally distributed mosquito-borne parasitic filarial nematodes. Data on the prevalence of Dirofilaria spp. is not aggregated or publicly available at the national level for countries in North Africa and the Middle ...
Katie Izenour +8 more
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A case of human Dirofilaria repens in Rome: a clinical and radiological challenge [PDF]
Dermatology Reports, 2022 Background: Human subcutaneous dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria repens is a vector-borne zoonotic disease mostly transmitted from dogs to humans through a mosquito’s blood meal. Heartwarms replication is amplified by the climate change, the increase
Irene Campana +6 more
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Dirofilaria repens Infection and Concomitant Meningoencephalitis
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009 Dirofilaria repens, a filarial nematode of dogs and other carnivores, can accidentally infect humans. Clinical symptoms are usually restricted to a subcutaneous nodule containing a single infertile parasite. Here, we report a case of D.
Sven Poppert +6 more
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