Human dirofilariasis in Greece: a review of reported cases and a description of a new, subcutaneous case
| Autor: | Francesco Rivasi, Silvio Pampiglione, N. Vakalis, G. Canestri Trotti |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Pathology 030231 tropical medicine Helminthiasis Human dirofilariasis Abdominal wall 03 medical and health sciences Age Distribution 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics Dirofilariasis Greece subcutaneous International literature Animals Humans Medicine Larva migrans Dirofilaria Travel biology business.industry Zoonosis Middle Aged medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Dermatology Dirofilaria repens Infectious Diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Parasitology business |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology. 90:319-328 |
| ISSN: | 1364-8594 0003-4983 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00034983.1996.11813057 |
| Popis: | A superficial analysis of Greek reports of human cases of dirofilariasis indicated that this zoonosis is rare in Greece. However, a more detailed review of the international literature revealed several more cases, diagnosed and recorded in other countries following infection during holidays in Greece. Overall, at least 20 individuals are now known to have been infected in Greece, in all regions of the country. A new, subcutaneous case of dirofilariasis is described; the infection occurred in a 45-year-old male living in Piraeus (Athens), and was localized in the abdominal wall. Histology revealed a female Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) repens in the reactive nodule. |
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