Dirofilariasis is a transmissible zoonotic biohelminthiasis caused by nematodes that parasitize the lymphatic system and subcutaneous tissue. This paper presents cases of dirofilariasis lesions soft tissues face eyes. Purpose: to demonstrate possibility ultrasonic diagnosis face. Materials methods. Dirofilaria can affect face, eyes, mammary glands, buttocks. Patients complained swelling, indura...

Human filariasis is mainly caused by the parasites, Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi, whose adults live in the lymphatic vessels of humans. In Japan, bancroftian filariasis was once endemic, but has been completely eradicated from the country. Although imported cases of filariasis are occasionally reported [1,2,3], no autochthonous case has been identified in recent years. By contrast, mo...

Vector-borne transmitted helminthic zoonosis affects the health and economy of both developing and developed countries. The concept of episystem includes the set of biological, environmental, and epidemiological elements of these diseases in defined geographic and temporal scales. Dirofilariasis caused by different species of the genus Dirofilaria is a disease affecting domestic and wild canine...

Background: Dirofilaria immitis is a cosmopolitan zoonotic, vector-borne parasite of carnivorous animals causing dirofilariasis in human beings. Common commercial serodiagnostic tests for canine dirofilariasis usually lead to different results in their sensitivity and specificity. The present study reports development of recombinant DgK (rDgK) antigen of D. immitis for accurate immunodiagnosis o...

background: dirofilariasis is a common helminthic parasitic disease in both domestic and wild animals around the world, with canines as the principal reservoir host and mosquitoes as the vector.  human dirofilariasis has been reported from many parts of the world, including africa, australia, the americas, europe, and asia. case report: a 40 year old woman from abadan city southwest of iran ref...

We describe a case of subconjunctival dirofilariasis from South India. The worm was identified by detailed morphologic study.

Human dirofilariasis is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by the filarial nematodes of dogs Dirofilaria repens and Dirofilaria immitis. Depending on the species involved, human infections usually manifest as one cutaneous or visceral larva migrans that forms a painless nodule in the later course of disease. Dirofilariae are endemic in the Mediterranean, particularly in Italy. They are consid...