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Subcutaneous dirofilariasis in children—An emerging zoonotic nematodal infection: A case series

Clinical Case Reports, 2023
Key clinical Message Human subcutaneous dirofilariasis is an infection caused by filarial worms. Due to the recent rise of human disease, it is considered as an emerging zoonosis. Most of the cases in children recorded in India had ocular infection; very
K. O. Varghese Tharakan, Chandana Chandran, Maanasi Pranala, Vivek Sanker, Umang Gupta   +4 more
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Subcutaneous dirofilariasis in a 25-year-old male patient in Belgium on ultrasonography: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Subcutaneous dirofilariasis is a parasitic zoonosis commonly described in Canidae but rarely seen in humans. Most physicians are unfamiliar with this disease, especially in nonendemic areas, which can lead to medication error and diagnostic ...
Scott Klerkx, Caroline Venstermans
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Toxocarosis, toxoplasmosis and ocular dirofilariasis diagnosed in a polish farmer from Wielkopolska Voivodeship - a case description. [PDF]

BMC Ophthalmol
Pielok Ł, Sałamatin R, Swarcewicz J, Frąckowiak K, Kowala-Piaskowska A.   +4 more
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Dirofilariasis Causing Pediatric Acute Scrotum: A Case Series and Review of the Literature

Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons
Introduction: Dirofilarial infestation has been reported as an extremely rare cause of pediatric acute scrotum. We aimed to evaluate clinical, radiological, and intraoperative findings of children who underwent surgical management for acute scrotum due ...
Naveen Wijekoon, Diroji Antony, Tharushihan Muhunthan, Malik Samarasinghe   +3 more
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Bilateral intraocular dirofilariasis

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2014
Ocular dirofilariasis mostly presents as a subconjunctival or eyelid lesion. [1] Intraocular dirofilarial infestation is rare. [2],[3] We report a case of a young woman who was accidentally detected to have a live motile worm in the anterior segment in ...
Viney Gupta, Preeti Sankaran, Mohanraj, Jyotish Chandra Samantaray, Vimla Menon   +4 more
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Monitoring dirofilariasis spread: herding dogs in Armenia [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2020
Dirofilariasis is distinguished by the causative agent provoking dirofilariasis: Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens. In the territory of Armenia, dirofilariosis is studied little.
Zykova Svetlana, Slobodyanik Roman, Belova Larisa, Kryazhev Andrey, Savinkov Aleksey   +4 more
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Dirofilariasis presenting as pleural effusion: a rare case report with unusual manifestations and treatment modalities. [PDF]

BMC Pulm Med
Valčiukaitė-Žilinskienė R, Zablockienė B, Zablockis R.   +2 more
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Subcutaneous dirofilariasis [PDF]

Oxf Med Case Reports
Poorvi Sharma, Nitin Gupta, Idzi Potters, Anjely Sebastian, Muralidhar Varma, Juhi Irfana Basheer, R Balakrishnan, Nancy Namrata Mahapatra, Vishwapriya M Godkhindi, Kanthilatha Pai, Anuradha Calicut Kini Rao   +10 more
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Ocular Dirofilariasis: A Rare case from Mumbai, India [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Dirofilariasis is a worldwide zoonotic filariasis. Human dirofilariasis is a zoonotic infection most commonly caused by Dirofilaria repens. Dirofilariasis, caused by Dirofilaria repens, has been reported to occur widely throughout Asia, Europe, and ...
Sachee Agrawal, Rahul Agrawal, Jayanthi Shastri   +2 more
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An Interesting Case of a Subcutaneous Nodule [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2013
Human dirofilariasis is a zoonotic disease which is caused by the filarial nematodes, Dirofilaria repens and Dirofilaria immitis. Dirofilariae are transmitted to humans via mosquito bites. Human Dirofilariasis presents commonly as subcutaneous nodules,
Basavaprabhu Achappa, Deepak Madi, Soundarya Mahalingam   +2 more
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