| dirofilariasis due to dirofilaria repens in italy, an emergent zoonosis: report of 60 new cases. | sixty new cases of human dirofilariasis due to dirofilaria repens, occurring in italy between 1990 and 1999, are presented. this is the most extensive case study of this zoonosis reported worldwide by a single study group. the aim is to utilize this large experience to characterize the different histopathological findings in the parasitic lesions in man. | 2001 | 11318900 |
| [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 |
| [a case of human subcutaneous dirofilariasis in the turin hills]. | the literature about human dirofilariasis is briefly reviewed with particular reference to the italian epidemiology, and a case of subcutaneous localization of living dirofilaria repens is described. the infestation occurred on the turin hills. the occurrence of dirofilariasis in a hilly zone is pointed out, because the most common occurrence in piedmont has been reported from rice zones. | 1993 | 8127464 |
| [human subcutaneous dirofilariasis: 8 new cases in northern italy]. | eight new cases of human dirofilariasis in people living in northern italy were recorded: 3 from the province of asti and 2 from alessandria (piedmont), 1 from corsico (miland, lombardy) and 2 from ravenna (emilia-romagna). all the patients were adults, 42 to 66 years old, 4 men and 4 women. the localization of the nematode in all the cases was subcutaneous. signs and symptoms were always mild and consisted in the growth of a 1 to 2 cm large nodule associated with occasional localized itching an ... | 1994 | 7708440 |