Human dirofilariasis: current situation and possibilities for diagnosis
| Autor: | M. Mitev, B. Chakarova |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty clinical and epidemiological aspects dirofilariasis business.industry 030231 tropical medicine diagnostic methods General Medicine human dirofilariasis 030108 mycology & parasitology medicine.disease 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Dirofilariasis parasitic diseases medicine Medical physics Current (fluid) lcsh:Science (General) business lcsh:Q1-390 |
| Zdroj: | Trakia Journal of Sciences, Vol 18, Iss 4, Pp 388-395 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 1313-3551 1312-1723 |
| DOI: | 10.15547/tjs.2020.04.013 |
| Popis: | Dirofilariasis in humans is a rarely diagnosed vector-borne zoonotic helminthic invasion. It is caused from filarial nematodes genus Dirofilaria & Railliet Henry, 1911 (Onchocercidae, Nematoda). Usually, the life cycle of the parasite takes place between mosquitoes (Culicidae) and carnivores. The human is an accidental host for the dirofilaria wherefore microfilariae in his blood circulation are almost always absent. The pathology of dirofilariasis results from the accidental localization of immature worms in the human body. Dirofilaria immitis caused heart and pulmonary dirofilariasis, but Dirofilaria repens, D. tenuis, and others can are found in different parts of the human body. The spread and Dirofilaria-invasive rates аrе undergone significant modifications affected by global climate change. Surgical extraction of the parasite in humans usually has a therapeutic effect, after which an etiological diagnosis is possible. The aim of the study is to review the current situation of human dirofilariasis in clinical and epidemiological aspects and possibilities for diagnosis. |
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