| [human dirofilariasis in southern italy. iii. the molise region]. | a case of subcutaneous human dirofilariasis associated with dirofilaria repens in the arm of a 9-year-old child resident in campobasso is described. it is the first report of the nematode in the molise region. blood samples taken from dogs in the same region, confirmed the presence of d. repens microfilariae in the natural reservoir, few km from the clinical case. | 1995 | 8532405 |
| acarological studies in two protected areas of central italy. | in the present note are reported the results of preliminary studies on tick distribution in two wildlife areas of abruzzo (national park of abruzzo, a mountainous area, approximately 40,000 ha, in central apennines, interesting abruzzo, latium and molise regions) and latium (capocotta-castel porziano presidential reserve, on the tyrrhenian coast, 30 km from rome). sampling of ticks from domestic and wild mammals as well as from vegetation, was performed in three different areas of the national p ... | 1999 | 11071544 |
| human dirofilariasis in italy: a new case in the spermatic cord. | a new case of human dirofilariasis associated with dirofilaria (nochtiella) repens (nematoda, filarioidea, onchocercidae) located in the spermatic cord is reported in a 71-year-old man from the province of campobasso (central italy). when clinical signs pointed to a testicular tumor, a monolateral orchifuniculectomy was performed. according to the scientific literature, this case appears to be exceptional in its location, being only the eighth such case recorded in the world until now. the nemat ... | 2002 | 12404815 |