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Parasites & Vectors, 2018 Background Dirofilariosis is an emerging vector-borne parasitic disease in Europe. Monitoring of wild and domestic carnivores demonstrated circulation of Dirofilaria spp. in Romania in the past.
Alexandru Tomazatos +11 more
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Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens in mosquitoes from Corsica Island, France
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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Subconjunctival Dirofilaria Repens
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 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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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016 BackgroundDirofilaria repens and D. immitis are filarioid helminths with domestic and wild canids as main hosts and mosquitoes as vectors. Both species are known to cause zoonotic diseases, primarily pulmonary (D. immitis), ocular (D.
Hans-Peter Fuehrer +5 more
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Human Dirofilaria repens Infection in Romania: A Case Report [PDF]
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 +5 more
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Occurrence of Dirofilaria repens in wild carnivores in Poland. [PDF]
Parasitol Res, 2023 Dirofilaria repens is an expanding vector-borne zoonotic parasite of canines and other carnivores. Sub-clinically infected dogs constitute the most important reservoir of the parasite and the source of infection for its mosquito vectors.
Alsarraf M +16 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 +5 more
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Zoonotic Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens infection in humans and an integrative approach to the diagnosis [PDF]
, 2021 Dirofilariosis by Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens is endemic in dogs from countries of the Mediterranean basin. Both species may infect humans, with most of the infected patients remaining asymptomatic.
Cascio, Antonio +8 more
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Autochthonous Human Dirofilaria repens Infection in Austria. [PDF]
Acta Parasitol, 2022 PURPOSE: This report describes a rare autochthonous case of human D. repens infection in Austria. Dirofilariosis is a mosquito-borne parasitic infection that predominantly affects dogs. Human D.
Geissler N +6 more
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