Recurrent Swelling and Microfilaremia Caused by Dirofilaria repens Infection after Travel to India
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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...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid2706.210592