Recurrent Swelling and Microfilaremia Caused by Dirofilaria repens Infection after Travel to India

Autor:	Lena Huebl, Dennis Tappe, Manfred Giese, Sandra Mempel, Egbert Tannich, Benno Kreuels, Michael Ramharter, Luzia Veletzky, Johannes Jochum
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	dirofilariasis Dirofilaria repens microfilariae periodicity Wolbachia parasites Medicine Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
Zdroj:	Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 27, Iss 6, Pp 1701-1704 (2021)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2706.210592
Popis:	Human subcutaneous dirofilariasis is an emerging mosquitoborne zoonosis. A traveler returning to Germany from India experienced Dirofilaria infection with concomitant microfilaremia. Molecular analysis indicated Dirofilaria repens nematodes of an Asian genotype. Microfilaremia showed no clear periodicity. Presence of Wolbachia endosymbionts enabled successful treatment with doxycycline.
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