| 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 |
| [dirofilaria (nochtiella) repens in the spermatic cord: a new human case in italy]. | a case of human dirofilariasis associated with dirofilaria (nochtiella) repens, localised in the spermatic duct, is reported in a 52-year-old man from lugo di romagna (ravenna province, northern italy). it represents the 22nd case of human dirofilariasis occurring until now in the same region. according to the relevant world literature this appears to be the 2nd case with this rare localisation the first one occurring in italy as well. | 1997 | 9264743 |
| [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 |
| [human dirofilariasis in italy]. | since 1971, at the laboratory of parasitology, faculty of veterinary medicine, university of bologna, 30 cases of human dirofilariasis were observed out of the 101 cases reported in italy. the causative agent was identified in nearly all the cases as dirofilaria repens (nematoda, filarioidea) a parasite relatively common in the dog in italy. 23 cases were localized in the subcutaneous tissue, 4 in the submucosa and 3 in the lungs. in the majority of the cases the diagnosis had been misinterprete ... | 1991 | 1814252 |
| [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 |
| human subcutaneous dirofilariasis. 2. a report of 5 new cases of dirofilaria repens in central and northern italy and of a sixth case with uncertain parasitological diagnosis. | six new human cases of subcutaneous filariasis (histological sections) in lombardia, emilia-romagna and toscana are described. five of them are to attribute to dirofilaria repens, whereas some doubts exist with regard to one case. the findings are compared with histological sections of male and female specimens of d. repens and d. immitis recovered from naturally infected dogs. | 1982 | 6926933 |