[Human subcutaneous dirofilariasis: 8 more cases in Italy].
Eight new cases of Human Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis due to Dirofilaria repens in subjects aged 14 to 83 years, 5 men and 3 women, are recorded. The patients were living in Piedmont (5 cases), Tuscany (1), Friuli-Venetia Julia (1) and Apulia (1). The nematodes were immature in 6 cases (2 males and 4 females) and adults in 2 (both females). Microfilariae in the uterus of one of them were detected.
Pampiglione
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Cattedra di Parassitologia Veterinaria, Università di Bologna.
Brollo
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A
Ciancia
E M
EM
De Benedittis
A
A
Feyles
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E
Mastinu
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A
Rivasi
F
F
Tunesi
G
G
Vetrugno
M
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D004182:Dirofilaria / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology