A rapidly emerging ocular zoonosis; Dirofilaria repens

Lyme neuroborreliosis: manifestations of a rapidly emerging zoonosis.

Lyme disease has a worldwide distribution and is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States. Incidence, clinical manifestations, and presentations vary by geography, season, and recreational habits. Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) is neurologic involvement secondary to systemic infection by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi in the United States and by Borrelia garinii or Borrelia a...

Subtenons infection by Dirofilaria repens.

Zoonotic filariasis caused by Dirofilaria repens, a parasite of carnivores occurs mainly in countries surrounding Mediterranean region. The infection occurs in and around eye among animal handlers through vector transmission. We are reporting a case of human Dirofilariasis affecting subtenons region in a 63 year-old woman from Coimbatore, South India. The purpose of this article is to review th...

A First Human Case of Ocular Dirofilariosis due to Dirofilaria repens in Northeastern France

We report the first case of ocular dirofilariasis to be diagnosed in northeast France (Alsace region), in a man who presented with a suborbital mass after a journey to Senegal. Microscopic examination of the surgical specimen identified Dirofilaria repens.

Susceptibility of Aedes scapularis (Rondani, 1848) to Dirofilaria immitis (Leidy, 1856), an emerging zoonosis.

Tuberculosis: an emerging zoonosis.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis in animals Humans have had a very close association with animals for millennia, utilising them for food, labour, transport, clothing, companionship, disability assistance, recreation, sport, religious and cultural icons, security, entertainment and research and in rescue, rehabilitation and conservation efforts. It is inevitable then that as a result of this close ass...