title: Recent increase of human infections with dog heart worm Dirofilaria immitis in Japan.
abstract: The human infection with Dirofilaria immitis, was reported for the first time in 1964 from a subcutaneous case, and in 1968 from a pulmonary case in Japan. Since that time, a total of human D. immitis cases amounted to 120 cases up to the first half of 1995. Among these, only one infection with D. repens was reported from a southern island of Okinawa. The parasitological aspects of these cases are reviewed along with clinical, pathological, immunological and epidemiological features.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology and Tropical Public Health, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Makiya
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D009033:Culicidae / Q000469:parasitology; D004183:Dirofilaria immitis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000635:transmission; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D004285:Dogs / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013908:Thoracotomy; D015047:Zoonoses
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics