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[Human subcutaneous dirofilariasis: 8 more cases in Italy]
S Pampiglione1, A Brollo, E M Ciancia
1Cattedra di Parassitologia Veterinaria, Università di Bologna.
Pathologica
|April 1, 1996
Abstract:
Eight new cases of Human Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis due to Dirofilaria repens in subjects aged 14 to 83 years, 5 men and 3 women, are recorded. The patients were living in Piedmont (5 cases), Tuscany (1), Friuli-Venetia Julia (1) and Apulia (1). The nematodes were immature in 6 cases (2 males and 4 females) and adults in 2 (both females). Microfilariae in the uterus of one of them were detected.