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Dirofilaria repens is a rare cause of red eye: A case report [PDF]

, 2021
Dirofilaria is usually stable in cats and circulates as microfilaria. A human being is the final host (dead-end host), which often leads to human dirofilariasis.
Eroğlu, Fadime, Bulut, Erkan, Dokur, Mehmet, Gül, Adem   +3 more
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Dirofilaria repens transmission in southeastern Finland [PDF]

, 2017
Background The spread of vector-borne diseases to new regions has become a global threat due to climate change, increasing traffic, and movement of people and animals.
Sakari Jokiranta, Chris Gardiner, Antti Lavikainen, Laaksonen, Sauli, Seppo Saari, Stig Nordling, Saari, Seppo, Nikanorova, Anna, Anne-Marie Kerttula, Tiina Kantanen, Risto Pietikäinen, Lavikainen, Antti, Anna Nikanorova, Kantanen, Tiina, Heikkinen, Petra, Gardiner, Chris, Oksanen, Antti, Pietikäinen, Risto, Antti Oksanen, Jokiranta, Sakari, Kerttula, Anne-Marie, Nordling, Stig, Petra Heikkinen, Sauli Laaksonen   +23 more
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Serodiagnostic difficulties and possibilities of heartworm disease in regions where both Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens infections occur

, 2022
This retrospective study was performed on 71 dogs which had been admitted for heartworm screening or with clinical suspicion of heartworm disease. The examination methods included polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to identify Dirofilaria immitis and/or ...
Farkas, Róbert László, Holló, Noémi, Olaszy, Krisztián, Róbert Farkas, Krisztián Olaszy, Károly Vörös, Becker, Zsolt, Mónika Gyurkovszky, Zsolt Becker, Vári, Zoltán, Vörös, Károly, Noémi Holló, Reiczigel, Jenő, Gyurkovszky, Mónika, Jenő Reiczigel, Zoltán Vári   +15 more
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Candidatus Dirofilaria hongkongensis as Causative Agent of Human Ocular Filariosis after Travel to India

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017
We report a human case of ocular Dirofilaria infection in a traveler returning to Austria from India. Analysis of mitochondrial sequences identified the worm as Candidatus Dirofilaria hongkongensis, a close relative of Dirofilaria repens, which was only ...
Stefan Winkler, Andreas Pollreisz, Michael Georgopoulos, Zsuzsanna Bagò-Horvath, Herbert Auer, Kelvin Kai-Wang To, Jürgen Krücken, Sven Poppert, Julia Walochnik   +8 more
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Prevalence of infection with Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens in dogs from the South-Eastern Part of Romania [PDF]

, 2023
As a result of global warming, the change in the biological cycle of vectors and the increase in intercontinental travels, we are now facing an increase in the number of cases of vector-borne diseases.
Miron, Liviu-Dan, Matfei, Anca, Mardare Mîndru, Raluca, Acatrinei, Dumitru-Mihai, Ivănescu, Maria-Larisa, Andronic, Bianca-Lavinia, Martinescu, Gabriela-Victoria, Iacob, Olimpia   +7 more
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First molecular characterization of Dirofilaria vector species and the distribution of canine dirofilariasis in Gampaha district, Sri Lanka

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
BackgroundDirofilariasis is a vector-borne parasitic infection caused by filarial nematodes belonging to the genus Dirofilaria. Sri Lanka has reported the highest prevalence of human dirofilariasis cases in Asia.
Sajani Amarasinghe, Koshila Ranasinghe, Wasana Rodrigo, Deepika Amarasinghe, Tharaka Ranathunge   +4 more
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‘Reservoir dogs’: The emerging zoonotic risk associated with European dog imports to the UK

Veterinary Record, Volume 199, Issue 5, Page e238-e249, 5/12 September 2026.
Abstract Background The movement of dogs from continental Europe to the UK poses a growing public health threat due to the associated risk of disease incursions. Current legislation is insufficient to address the risks and pre‐import control measures are focused only on rabies virus and the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis. Methods We conducted
Poppy Simonson, Tapan Bhattacharyya, Michael A. Miles   +2 more
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Cytological diagnostics of subcutaneous dirofilariasis imitating proliferative lesions in dogs

Veterinární Medicína, 2020
Subcutaneous dirofilariasis is a disease in animals caused by invasions of nematodes, most often of the following species: Dirofilaria repens, D. tenuis, and D. striata transmitted by mosquitoes. Until recently, D. repens was endemic to the Mediterranean
Stanislaw Dzimira, Przemyslaw Przadka
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An Updated Checklist and Narrative Review of Helminth Parasites of Terrestrial and Semiaquatic Carnivorous Mammals in Uzbekistan

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 12, Issue 5, September 2026.
This updated checklist synthesizes 120 publications from 1926 to 2024 and documents 74 helminth species in 15 terrestrial and semiaquatic carnivorous mammals of Uzbekistan. The fauna comprises 36 nematodes, 24 cestodes, 9 trematodes and 5 acanthocephalans. Thirty‐seven species have zoonotic relevance.
Alisher Safarov, Sunnat Okkiyev, Angela Monica Ionică, Mourad Ben Said   +3 more
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Dirofilaria repens infection mimicking lung melanoma metastasis [PDF]

, 2019
We describe a rare case of Dirofilaria repens infection presenting as peripheral lung nodules and mimicking a metastatic focus from a previously diagnosed cutaneous melanoma.
Oliva A., Mastroianni C. M., Mattiucci S., Pernazza A., Gabrielli S., D'Amati G., Mantovani S., Pagini A., DARALIOTI, THEODORA   +8 more
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