| human and canine dirofilariasis in greece. | human dirofilariasis is a disease which is considered to be rare in greece, less than 20 cases having been reported prior to 1990. the clinical manifestations were usually subcutaneous nodules, and in only two cases there was ocular dirofilariasis. eight new cases were recognized in humans during the last six years in athens, two of which with ophthalmic involvement. twelve additional cases have been detected but not published in thessaloniki. in all human cases, the worms were identified as bei ... | 1997 | 9802098 |
| dirofilaria infections in dogs in different areas of greece. | the nematodes dirofilaria immitis and d. repens are enzootic in greece. in the light of evidence of dirofilariosis spreading to new areas around the world, the aim of the present study was to update and enrich the current knowledge on the prevalence of dirofilaria infections in dogs in greece, to assess the risk factors of heartworm infection, and to initiate the drawing of the epizootiological map of canine dirofilariosis, investigating dirofilaria infections in five locations along the north-s ... | 2016 | 27646111 |