[Human dirofilariasis in southern Italy. II. The Calabria Region].
A new case of subcutaneous Human Dirofilariasis, in a 42-year-old woman from the province of Cosenza, is described. It is the first reported in Calabria. The nematode, an immature female of Dirofilaria repens, was clinically diagnosed as a "Fibrolipoma". In a collateral research on dogs in different areas of the same province, microfilariae of D. repens in 2 out 134 individuals were detected.
Pampiglione
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Cattedra di Parassitologia Veterinaria, Università di Bologna.
Gallippi
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Giannotta
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Iuele
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004182:Dirofilaria / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology
La dirofilariasi umana nel sud d'Italia. II: Regione Calabria.