Publications

[human subcutaneous dirofilariosis due to dirofilaria repens. a case diagnosed in strasbourg, france].	we report a case of human dirofilariosis in a 35 year-old man living in alsace (north-east france), who presented a subcutaneous nodule of the left cheek, strongly simulating an epidermic cyst. surgical excision and histopathological examination unexpectedly established the diagnosis by the presence of nematode worm sections identified as dirofilaria (nochtiella) repens. this patient living in a rural area of strasbourg spent one week in toulon, southern france. this new observation of cutaneous ...	2007	17982856
[dirofilariasis, an emerging and underestimated zoonoses in france].	a total of 71 cases of dirofilariasis due to dirofilaria repens and two cases of pulmonary dirofilariasis due to dirofilaria have been reported in france. as a result france ranks second after italy in the incidence of this emerging zoonoses that has been given little attention (48 p. 100 of cases in the last ten years). most human infections (80 p. 100) have occurred in mediterranean areas but in the last ten years a few cases have been reported in southwestern france and at least one case was ...	1999	10816755