[Human subcutaneous dirofilariasis: 8 more cases in Italy]

Pathologica. 1996 Apr;88(2):91-6.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Dirofilaria / anatomy & histology
  • Dirofilariasis* / epidemiology
  • Dirofilariasis* / parasitology
  • Dirofilariasis* / pathology
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Skin Diseases, Parasitic* / epidemiology
  • Skin Diseases, Parasitic* / parasitology
  • Skin Diseases, Parasitic* / pathology