Publications

[difficulties in diagnosis of human dirofilariasis outside known enzootic areas].

human non-visceral dirofilariasis, a mosquito-borne disease of carnivores (dogs), is chiefly due to dirofilaria repens in france and is well known in the mediterranean basin. this zoonosis can be misdiagnosed in northern areas of france. we present and discuss two human cases diagnosed in abbeville and amiens (picardy) by histological examination.