title: [Human dirofilariasis in the Tula region].
abstract: The paper describes cases of dirofilariasis in the residents of Tula and the Tula Region. One of the cases does not fit into the traditional concepts. On excising a tumor in an adolescent, two live actively moving nonencapsulated helminths: a male and a female Dirofilaria repens worms were removed, which were identified at the parasitology laboratory, Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Tula Region.
authors.forename: T Iu
authors.initials: TIu
authors.lastname: Derzhavina
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mertesheva
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Chernysheva
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Chernikova
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004182:Dirofilaria / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014195:Travel