Publications
| [human subcutaneous dirofilariasis: 8 more cases in italy]. | 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. | 1996 | 8927458 |
| [human subcutaneous dirofilariasis: 2 new cases in northern italy]. | two new cases of human subcutaneous dirofilariasis in northern italy are described. the first one occurred in a 56 year-old man living in venezia lido and was localised in the frontal region; the second one in a 52 year-old woman living in modena and was localised in the sacrococcygeal region. both lesions were associated with dirofilaria repens. in the same geographical areas other cases of this zoonosis had occurred in the past. | 1991 | 1844505 |