| dirofilariasis in kuwait: first report of human infection due to dirofilaria repens in the arabian gulf. | zoonotic dirofilariasis has been reported sporadically from many areas of the world but thus far, there are no such reports from the arabian peninsula. we present the first report of human dirofilariasis from this region in the middle east and discuss the significance of the finding. a fixed, elongated mass in the abdominal wall of a 50-year-old kuwaiti man was excised and a worm was identified in an abscess in tissue sections. the location of the nodule in subcutaneous tissue, the diameter of t ... | 1994 | 7985751 |
| autochthonous dirofilaria (nochtiella) repens infection in dogs in kuwait. | human dirofilariasis caused by dirofilaria repens is a rare but increasingly reported zoonosis in the middle east. however, eligible animal reservoirs seldom have been investigated in the area until now. seven (1.8 percent) out of 381 dogs examined in kuwait carried d. repens microfilariae showing compatible cutaneous clinical signs and positive response to the adulticide and microfilaricide therapies. this study indicates that dogs from kuwait are natural hosts of d. repens and therefore act as ... | 2008 | 18638183 |
| zoonotic filariasis in the arabian peninsula: autochthonous onchocerciasis and dirofilariasis. | we describe zoonotic filariasis in two patients from kuwait; one with onchocerca spp. and one with dirofilaria spp. case 1, a 12-year-old kuwaiti woman who had visited saudi arabia, initially reported ocular symptoms. she later reported a nodule that appeared in the suprapubic area, which was resected. a coiled worm was observed in histologic sections and was identified as an onchocerca spp., but could not be definitively identified. this patient represents the 15th reported case of zoonotic onc ... | 2008 | 18981515 |