| 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 dirofilariasis in southern italy. i. the puglia region]. | nine new cases of human dirofilariasis by dirofilaria repens, in subjects living in apulia, aged 30 to 60 years, are reported. six were subcutaneous and three subconjunctival. many of them occurred a number of years ago and were identified thanks to a specific joint investigation carried out by a parasitologist, some histopathologists and ophthalmologists. of special relevance is one subcutaneous case with contemporary presence of 2 nodules in different regions of the body (mamma and forearm) an ... | 1994 | 7739879 |