title: Dirofilariasis by Dirofilaria repens: an imported case and a brief review.
abstract: Human infections caused by Dirofilaria repens, a cosmopolitan zoonotic parasitosis endemic in Southern and Eastern Europe and Asia still is an underdiagnosed infection due to parasite identification difficulties. Here, we report the first human case of subcutaneous dirofilariasis by D. repens diagnosed in Portugal. This was probably an imported case from India, as judged by epidemiological and clinical data. With this presentation we aim to alert clinicians for the emergence of vector-borne zoonoses associated with global warming and international travel. This case showed that differential diagnosis of D. repens in subcutaneous nodules is needed, in order to avoid further complications.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Microbiologia Clínica e Biologia Molecular, Serviço de Patologia Clínica, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Hospital Egas Moniz, Rua da Junqueira no 126, 1349-019 Lisboa, Portugal. Electronic address: teresambf@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baptista-Fernandes
authors.affiliation: Biopremier, S.A. Edifício Teclabs, Campus da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal. Electronic address: manuelrodrigues@biopremier.com.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.affiliation: Biopremier, S.A. Edifício Teclabs, Campus da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal. Electronic address: ddomingues@biopremier.com.
authors.forename: Dulce
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Domingues
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Anatomia Patológica, Hospital Egas Moniz, Rua da Junqueira no 126, 1349-019 Lisboa, Portugal. Electronic address: lcmcarvalho@chlo.min-saude.com.
authors.forename: Lucília
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, CEDOC, NOVA Medical School, Faculdade Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campo dos Mártires da Pátria, no 130, 1169-056 Lisboa, Portugal. Electronic address: ppaixao.mic@fcm.unl.pt.
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Paixão
authors.affiliation: Serviço Patologia Clinica, Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Avenida Carlos Teixeira, no 3, 2674-514 Loures, Portugal. Electronic address: pcajarabille@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Patrícia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Infecciologia, Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Avenida Carlos Teixeira, no 3, 2674-514 Loures, Portugal. Electronic address: raquelmrtavares@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tavares
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Infecciologia, Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Avenida Carlos Teixeira, no 3, 2674-514 Loures, Portugal. Electronic address: paulo.rodrigues@hbeatrizangelo.pt.
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.affiliation: Unidade Parasitologia Médica, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Rua da Junqueira no 100, 1349-008 Lisboa, Portugal. Electronic address: isabel.mauricio@ihmt.unl.pt.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Maurício
authors.affiliation: Unidade Parasitologia Médica, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Rua da Junqueira no 100, 1349-008 Lisboa, Portugal. Electronic address: silvanabelo@ihmt.unl.pt.
authors.forename: Silvana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Belo
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Microbiologia Clínica e Biologia Molecular, Serviço de Patologia Clínica, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Hospital Egas Moniz, Rua da Junqueira no 126, 1349-019 Lisboa, Portugal. Electronic address: ctoscano@chlo.min-saude.pt.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Toscano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D060348:Dirofilaria repens / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D011174:Portugal; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Dirofilariasis; Emergent zoonosis; International travel; Subcutaneous nodules