title: Comments in response to the authors of "human dirofilariasis due to Dirofilaria repens in the Russian Federation-remarks concerning epidemiology".
authors.affiliation: Rostov Scientific Research Institute of Microbiology and Parasitology, Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
authors.forename: Larisa Alexandrovna
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Ermakova
authors.affiliation: Rostov Scientific Research Institute of Microbiology and Parasitology, Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
authors.forename: Sergey Andreevich
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Nagorny
authors.affiliation: Rostov State Medical University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Electronic address: natalia-pshenichnaya@yandex.ru.
authors.forename: Natalia Yurievna
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Pshenichnaya
authors.affiliation: Rostov Scientific Research Institute of Microbiology and Parasitology, Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
authors.forename: Elena Yurievna
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Krivirotova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D060348:Dirofilaria repens / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004184:Dirofilariasis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male