Publications
| subconjunctival dirofilariasis caused by dirofilaria repens: a case report with short review. | human dirofilariasis is a rare infection caused by filarial worms of genus dirofilaria. subconjunctival dirofilariasis has been reported from asia, europe, italy and africa. in india majority cases are from kerala, karnataka and very few from maharashtra. we report the rare case of subconjunctival dirofilariasis caused by dirofilaria repens from maharashtra, western india. | 2015 | 26275256 |
| subconjunctival dirofilariasis in india. | human dirofilariasis caused by dirofilaria repens, have been reported to occur widely throughout asia, europe and africa. reports of this infection from india are however limited. herein we report a case of subconjunctival dirofilariasis from karnataka state of india. a 42 year old man presented with a history of pain and swelling in the left eye. a live parasite measuring 3.5cm in length was surgically removed from the nodular swelling in the conjunctiva. the parasite was identified as dirofila ... | 2001 | 11556571 |