Dirofilaria repens Infection and Concomitant Meningoencephalitis
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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. repens infection with a subcutaneous gravid worm and the patient's concomitant meningoencephalitis and aphasia.
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Some collected D. repens worms were mature females carrying intrauterine embryos or microfilariae.
“Some of the collected D. repens worms were mature females carrying intrauterine embryos or microfilariae (214,343).”
From Human and animal dirofilariasis: The emergence of a zoonotic mosaic (2012) · cites this paper as [343]
Intact D. repens worms have been collected from subcutaneous nodules or ocular conjunctiva in some human infections.
“Regarding worm development in human patients, intact worms have been collected from subcutaneous nodules or ocular conjunctiva in some infections by D. repens (214,315,343,364).”
From Human and animal dirofilariasis: The emergence of a zoonotic mosaic (2012) · cites this paper as [343]
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- Authors
- Poppert, S., Hodapp, M., Krueger, A., Hegasy, G., Niesen, W.-D., Kern, W. V., & Tannich, E.
- Affiliations
- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Poppert, Sven
- Venue
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2009-11
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1844-1846
- ISSN
- 1080-6040 (ISSN-L)
- 1080-6059
- PMC
- PMC2857255
- OpenAlex
- W2155645369
- Cited by
- 70
- References
- 15
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 1.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Emerging infectious diseases (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Parasitic infections in humans and animals
- Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Helminth infection and control
- Keywords
- Dirofilaria repens, canine heartworm disease, zoonotic filariasis, meningoencephalitis, aphasia, subcutaneous nodules, human parasitic infection
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Aphasia, Dirofilaria, Dirofilariasis, Dogs, Germany, Humans, India, Male, Meningoencephalitis, Microfilariae, Middle Aged, Molecular Sequence Data, Sri Lanka, Travel, Communicable Diseases, Emerging
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