Publications

[conjunctival dirofilariasis due to dirofilaria repens. a new tunisian case].

dirofilariasis due to dirofilaria repens is a parasitic disease affecting domestic animals and transmitted to man by mosquito bites. human infestation is rare and involves benign subcutaneous and ocular manifestations. the diagnosis is made by excisional biopsy, which is also the sole recommended treatment. there are few reports of human infection in tunisia.