| brugia malayi in seven villages in south kalimantan, indonesia. | seven villages in south kalimantan were visited in 1971 and night peripheral blood smears from 2,764 people examined for microfilariae. brugia malayi was found endemic in all villages with microfilarial rates of 12--46% (average 25%) and the median microfilarial density (mfd50) of 6 to 15 microfilariae per 20 microliter of blood. the microfilariae showed a typical subperiodic pattern. the disease was more common in males than females and the prevalence increased with age. clinical manifestations ... | 1977 | 607430 |
| genetic characterization of dirofilaria repens and d. immitis by electrophoretic analysis of gene-enzyme systems. | a multilocus genetic analysis based on protein electrophoresis was carried out on 39 adult specimens of dirofilaria repens and 31 of d. immitis. seventeen enzymatic loci provided reliable electrophoretic patterns which were compared in the two species. all loci except one were monomorphic. fixed alternative allozymes were found at 13 loci while only 3 loci shared apparently the same allozyme in the two species. the polymorphic locus, pgm, also showed alternative allozymes. this remarkably high g ... | 1989 | 2486999 |
| [human dirofilariasis: discovery of a gravid female of dirofilaria repens in a subcutaneous nodule]. | a case of human subcutaneous dirofilariasis occurred in a 53 years old woman from scafati (salerno province). it was localized in the left submammary region. the patient was operated 16 years ago for a papillary carcinoma of the thyroid. for this reason a metastasis was clinically suspected. the histological examination revealed the presence of a granulomatous nodule formed around a dirofilaria repens gravid female in the subcutaneous tissue. the presence of microfilariae in the uterus of the ne ... | 1992 | 1495852 |
| [seasonal variations in microfilarema and effects of ambient temperature in dogs parasitized by dirofilaria repens]. | 1 - dogs infected with dirofilaria repens from italy were found to show seasonal variations in the number of microfilariae in the peripheral blood. 2 - the rise in the number of microfilariae occured in august and september and is coincidental with the higher probability of trasmission. 3 - rise and fall of microfilaraemia was induced experimentally by exposure of the host to high and low temperatures respectively. 4 - the importance of such variations in microfilaraemia is stressed in relation ... | 1975 | 1233403 |
| experimental dirofilariasis in macaques. ii. susceptibility and host responses to dirofilaria repens of dogs and cats. | in this second series of studies on dirofilariasis in primates, 13 macaques were inoculated with infective larvae of dirofilaria repens and were killed 2 weeks to 11 months postinoculation. two of these animals were treated with prednisolone (as an immunosuppressant) daily beginning at 2 months of infection. larvae and adult worms were recovered from 10 monkeys, but microfilaremia was not observed in the untreated monkeys despite the presence of gravid female worms. eosinophilia and filarial ant ... | 1976 | 816215 |
| infection of man by dirofilaria repens. | dirofilaria repens, a natural parasite of dogs and cats in europe, asia, and africa, sometimes infects man. in man the worms are usually in subcutaneous tissues or in the orbit. a case is herein reported in which a non-gravid, adult dirofilaria, probably d. repens, was in the subcutaneous tissue of a resident of wisconsin. the patient, however, acquired the infection 8 years previously in greece. | 1978 | 727332 |
| histochemical differentiation of brugia, wuchereria, dirofilaria and breinlia microfilariae. | histochemical demonstration of acid phosphatase activity in microfilariae gives sufficiently characteristic and consistent results for the differentiation of even closely related species. no difference could be detected among nocturnally periodic, nocturnally subperiodic and diurnally subperiodic brugia malayi, but they could readily be distinguished from b. pahangi. similarly, dirofilaria repens could be readily distinguished from d. immitis and b. booliati from b. sergenti. the enzyme distribu ... | 1978 | 666387 |
| [manifestations of a human infestation with dirofilaria repens raillet et henry, 1911]. | | 1986 | 3796460 |
| [infection of humans with a nematode dirofilaria repens railliet et henry, 1911]. | | 1985 | 3990652 |
| cuticular morphology of five species of dirofilaria: a scanning electron microscope study. | cuticular markings of five species of dirofilaria were examined by sem. variations in the patterns on the en face view were observed among the species. transverse striations were observed on the cuticles of all five species, but longitudinal ridges were lacking on dirofilaria immitis, the type species of the subgenus dirofilaria. they were present on the other four species, dirofilaria repens, dirofilaria tenuis, dirofilaria corynodes, and dirofilaria magnilarvatum, members of the subgenus nocht ... | 1978 | 627947 |
| subcutaneous dirofilariasis in okinawa, japan. | a nematode within a subcutaneous nodule excised from an elderly okinawan man has been tentatively identified in sections as an immature dirofilaria repens--the first to be reported from japan. | 1979 | 434315 |
| ivermectin against larval stages of dirofilaria repens in dogs. | the prophylactic efficacy of ivermectin against dirofilaria repens infections in dogs was investigated. a first trial was carried out on 15 dogs exposed to four inoculations of l3 larvae at 15-day intervals and treated, in groups of five, with 0, 6 or 12 micrograms/kg body weight of ivermectin given per os 30 and 60 days after the first inoculation. necropsy, performed about 9 months later, revealed that worm burdens were reduced by 86.6 and 92.8% for the 6 and 12 micrograms/kg dose levels, resp ... | 1989 | 2486997 |
| [genetics of the suceptibility of aedes aegypti to dirofilaria repens]. | | 1974 | 4470183 |
| the effect of infection with brugia pahangi and dirofilaria repens on the egg-production of aedes aegypti. | | 1974 | 4480018 |
| [human invasion by dirofilaria repens]. | | 1973 | 4770433 |
| [subcutaneous dirofilariasis: infection with dirofilaria repens]. | a female patient resident in germany is described, who had developed dirofilariasis presenting as a hard subcutaneous nodule at the glabella. dirofilaria repens was isolated after surgical removal of the skin lesion. she was treated with diethylcarbamazine (hetrazan) for 4 weeks. exposures related to infection with dirofilaria repens are discussed. | 1990 | 2373611 |
| [preliminary study of the selection of aedes aegypti strains sensitive and resistant to infections caused by dirofilaria repens]. | | 1971 | 5152926 |
| [human dirofilariasis in italy: a new palpebral case with spontaneous healing in abruzzo]. | one case of human palpebral dirofilariasis by dirofilaria repens, in abruzzo, is described. it is the first case reported in this region. the parasite was released following the energetic rubbing of the palpebral area, with the result in the spontaneous recovery of the patient. | 1990 | 2132452 |
| morphological studies on the larval stages of three species of setaria and dirofilaria repens. | this paper reports for the first time the morphology of larval stages of setaria labiato-papillosa. the infective larvae of this species had two circles of small papillae on the cephalic end, 4 papillae for outer circle and 6 for inner circle. the caudal end of s. labiato-papillosa is in digital form with 3 transversally arranged papillae. there are 2 circles of small papillae on the cephalic end of s. leichungwingi and s. equina, 4 for each circle; the caudal terminal of the former species is w ... | 1990 | 1976274 |
| fine needle aspiration of retroperitoneal human dirofilariasis with a pseudotumoral presentation. | the accidental finding of a pseudotumoral para-aortic mass in a 60-year-old woman led to the performance of a fine needle aspiration (fna) biopsy under ultrasonographic guidance. the milky aspirate was centrifuged and processed as a cell block. the examination of sections confirmed the lymphatic origin of the sample, but also revealed some unexpected parasitic structures. while a complete identification could not be made on a few sections, the morphologic and epidemiologic evidence suggested dir ... | 1990 | 1967124 |
| the periodicity of microfilariae. xi. the effect of body temperature and other stimuli upon the cycles of wuchereria bancrofti, brugia malayi, b. ceylonensis and dirofilaria repens. | | 1966 | 5955121 |
| filariasis in ceylon then (1961) and in sri lanka now (1990-30 years on). | the changes in the prevalence and distribution of bancroftian filariasis in ceylon/sri lanka since professor kershaw's visit in 1961 show that the infection has spread over a wider area, although the microfilaria rates have decreased. new information is available on the vector, culex quinquefasciatus, and more details are available on the animal filariae and their vectors. dirofilaria repens infection of dogs is now a proven zoonosis in the country. | 1991 | 1888209 |
| [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 |
| development of dirofilaria repens in aedes aegypti reared in contrasting habitat. | the susceptibility of dirofilaria repens infection in aedes aegypti adults reared in hay-infusion and tap-water during their larval stages was tested. ae. aegypti reared in hay-infusion ingested a bigger amount of blood than those reared in tap-water but harboured fewer d. repens larvae (developing and arrested). the difference in the susceptibility of mosquitoes from the two treatments was correlated with the difference in the robustness of the mosquitoes. | 1983 | 6612416 |
| dirofilaria repens from the eyelid of a woman in thailand. | an immature male dirofilaria repens was removed from a cystic mass in the eyelid of a 51-year-old woman employee of a rubber plantation in phangnga province, southern thailand. | 1983 | 6650744 |
| susceptibility of aedes aegypti to infections with dirofilaria immitis and dirofilaria repens. | eight stocks of aedes aegypti-4 geographic stocks and 4 selected stocks-were tested for their susceptibility to infection with dirofilaria immitis and d. repens. four of the stocks were found to be susceptible and the other 4 were refractory of infection with d. immitis. all the stocks of ae. aegypti that were susceptible to d. immitis were also susceptible to d. repens but the stocks that were refractory to d. immitis were all partially susceptible to d. repens. | 1983 | 6673132 |
| [human subcutaneous dirofilariasis in italy. first case in the marche region]. | the first case of human subcutaneous dirofilariasis in the marche region (central italy) is described. it was caused by dirofilaria repens and localised in the abdominal wall of a 23 years old university student from pesaro. the presence of many histological sections of the nematode in strong regression, suggests that the death of the parasite occurred inside the nodule many months before the surgical intervention. | 1991 | 1830958 |
| comparative susceptibility of sterilized and genetically-defined strains of aedes aegypti to dirofilaria repens. | | 1981 | 6798102 |
| [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 |
| identification of dirofilaria in man by multilocus electrophoretic analysis. | biochemical keys based on the electrophoretic patterns of nine enzymatic loci diagnostic between dirofilaria repens and d. immitis were used to examine an immature female of dirofilaria removed from a 32-year-old woman resident in caserta, italy. the worm, tentatively assigned on a morphological basis to d. conjunctivae-d. repens, showed at all the loci examined the same electrophoretic pattern as an italian dog strain of d. repens. this genetic evidence is in substantial agreement with the hypo ... | 1991 | 1809246 |
| canine filariasis caused by dirofilaria repens in southeastern nigeria. | many species of canine filarial nematodes and their microfilariae have been described in various parts of the world. at the present time, it would appear that in nigeria, the canine filarial species of importance is dirofilaria repens. the parasite and its microfilariae appear to produce toxic and immunologic actions which are responsible for many pathological lesions. | 1991 | 1788940 |
| acid phosphatase activity in microfilariae of setaria labiato-papillosa and comparison with other blood microfilariae of dog and horse origin. | acid phosphatase activity was demonstrated in smears of setaria labiato-papillosa microfilariae by the naphthol as-tr-phosphate method. the staining was restricted to 3 distinct sites, corresponding to the excretory pore, the inner body and the anal pore. this staining pattern was compared with those of dirofilaria immitis, dirofilaria repens and a setaria of horse origin. | 1990 | 1720887 |
| human subcutaneous dirofilariasis caused by dirofilaria repens. report of a case in norway and review of recent literature. | a case of dirofilariasis in a norwegian man is reported. the causal agent was identified as dirofilaria repens railliet et henry, 1911. to the best of our knowledge, this is the first report from a scandinavian country on dirofilariasis caused by dirofilaria repens. the infection was probably acquired in majorca four years before it was diagnosed in molde, norway. | 1991 | 1674658 |
| [1st case of finding the nematode, dirofilaria repens railliet et henry, 1911 (spirurida, filaridae) in a human being in the crimea]. | | 1979 | 158129 |
| dirofilaria repens manifesting as a breast nodule. diagnostic problems and epidemiologic considerations. | human dirofilarial infections characteristically manifest as pulmonary 'coin' lesions or as subcutaneous nodules. reported is a case of subcutaneous dirofilaria infection that first manifested as a painful breast nodule, necessitating excisional biopsy and frozen section interpretation to rule out incipient carcinoma. histologic examination revealed a viable, adult female dirofilaria repens, a nematode commonly found in dogs and cats throughout parts of europe, africa, and asia. the patient, a g ... | 1992 | 1575206 |
| dirofilaria repens infection in northern israel. | the fourth case of zoonotic dirofilaria repens infection in israel is reported, and the diagnostic morphologic characteristics of this filariid are reviewed. the importance of the exact anatomic diagnosis of this filaria is stressed in view of the fact that israel has pockets of settlers from east africa, a region endemic for lymphatic filariasis (wuchereria bancrofti). since the possibility of introduction of such an infection into the country exists, differentiating this zoonotic dirofilaria f ... | 1995 | 7661283 |
| dirofilariasis in australia: unusual cause of a breast lump. | a breast lump due to infestation with dirofilaria repens is reported in a sri lankan student residing in brisbane. although human infestation with this parasite is not uncommon in certain asian countries, this is the first report of such a lesion occurring in australia. | 1989 | 2764832 |
| [a case of human dirofilariasis (d. repens) of the spermatic cord]. | a 52 year old man, living in the province of trapani (sicily), presented with right hydrocele and slight orchialgia. the patient underwent epididymectomy and resection of t. vaginalis. the "tunica" was involved by a granulomatous process, containing a parasite of genus dirofilaria (d. repens). dirofilaria repens is a filarial nematode. dogs, foxes and cats are the definitive hosts and principal reservoirs of the parasite. in humans the parasite dies before reaching sexual maturity and the result ... | 1992 | 1411862 |
| [isolation of dirofilaria repens in vitreoretinal findings]. | the authors present the case of a 18-year-old patient who reported deteriorated vision and mobile dark shadows on the left eye. examination revealed in the vitreous body an extremely mobile filiform, worm-like formation, white in colour, of the size of an arteriole, about 9 mm long. in the course of hospitalization the formation was isolated by surgery of the pars plana vitrectomy and subjected to detailed helminthological examination. the worm was identified as dirofilaria repens (reillet et he ... | 1992 | 1394525 |
| [peritoneal dirofilariasis fortuitously disclosed]. | peritoneal dirofilariasis probably due to dirofilaria repens is reported from a 52 years old woman. the parasite discovery is fortuitous during a surgical cure of intestinal adenocarcinoma. the patient lives in provence and corsica (southern france), an endemic region. the authors present the histological aspects of the parasite. | 1992 | 1327358 |
| [a case of finding dirofilaria repens in an inhabitant of turkmenia]. | | 1988 | 2973555 |
| human subcutaneous dirofilariasis caused by dirofilaria repens in ibiza, spain. | a case of human subcutaneous dirofilariasis contracted in ibiza, spain is reported. an incomplete nematode extracted from the eyelid of a woman patient was identified on the basis of its anatomic and histologic characteristics as a nongravid adult female of the species dirofilaria repens. the subcutaneous location of the worm, together with the epidemiologic data, support this finding. | 1994 | 7943564 |
| 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 |
| an egg surface antigen of setaria digitata (filariae) shed on development to microfilariae. | egg surface antigens of setaria digitata were investigated by an immunoperoxidase staining technique. certain antigens on the egg surface were shed when the eggs developed to microfilariae. rabbit antisera to s. digitata eggs and to the soluble egg antigen reacted (as detected by immunoperoxidase staining) with the surface antigens of s. digitata eggs and immature microfilariae, and with mature microfilariae of wuchereria bancrofti and dirofilaria repens, but not with the surface antigens of mat ... | 1988 | 3256115 |
| identification of brugia malayi in vectors with a species-specific dna probe. | we evaluated the potential value of a cloned sequence of genomic dna of brugia malayi as a species-specific probe. clone pbm 15 reacted with all stages of 8 different geographic isolates of b. malayi and cross-hybridized with microfilariae of b. timori. it did not hybridize with wuchereria bancrofti or with b. pahangi, w. kalimantani, dirofilaria repens, breinlia booliati or cardiofilaria species, animal filariids that can be sympatric with b. malayi. p32-labeled clone pbm 15 correctly identifie ... | 1986 | 3518507 |
| filaria conjunctivae. | a conjunctival neoformation, excised in a 44-year-old healthy italian man, was histologically diagnosed as dirofilaria conjunctivae, which is probably dirofilaria repens, a natural parasite found in dogs of european countries. this parasite rarely infests man in subcutaneous tissues, palpebral, orbital or conjunctival regions. in this case, as in those described by others, the vector remained unknown. | 1985 | 4011136 |
| [palpebral dirofilariasis in man: a case in sardinia]. | human palpebral dirofilariasis: a case in sardinia. one case of human palpebral dirofilariasis, in sardinia, is described. the nematode, dirofilaria repens, during its permanence in the host caused local signs of an allergic type and migrated in the subcutaneous tissues from the left lower eyelid to the neck, the axillary region, the abdominal wall, reappearing in the right lower eyelid, from where it was removed. | 1989 | 2748208 |
| [human dirofilariasis: extraction of the living nematode from the upper lip]. | calabar swellings appearing on the head during 2 months in a 53 year old man, living in casale monferrato (piedmont), were followed by the formation of a nodule 2 x 1 cm wide, in the upper lip. a mobile filiform, 12 cm long, nematode was recovered from the excised nodule. it was diagnosed as dirofilaria repens. the region where the case occurred, is to be considered as one of the most affected areas by this parasitic zoonosis in europe. | 1993 | 8127633 |
| [two clinical cases of zoonotic filariasis probably caused by dirofilaria repens: i. passage of the nematode under the bulbar conjunctiva. ii. subcutaneous abscessed nodule]. | two new human cases of zoonotic filariasis are reported, one subconjunctival and the other subcutaneous, occurred both in 67 and 73 year-old women, respectively, living in the provinces of alexandria and pavia (northern italy). the morphology of the nematodes could not be examined. nevertheless, the anamnesis, the course of infection, the symptomatology and the geographic area where the cases occurred, suggested that they were associated with dirofilaria repens. | 1993 | 8127634 |
| helminthiasis in dogs in uganda. i. recovery of strongyloides stercoralis by lindsey's method. ii. recover of dirofilaria repens. iii. aberrant habitation by ancylostomum caninum, spirocerca lupi and toxocara canis. | | 1973 | 4802495 |
| [comparative study of dirofilaria macacae, sandground 1933, a parasite of primates, and dirofilaria repens, raillet and henry 1911, a parasite of vietnamese carnivoa]. | | 1971 | 5171398 |
| in vitro cultivation of dirofilaria repens microfilariae up to the sausage stage. | | 1967 | 5590547 |
| [dirofilaria repens of the upper eyelid]. | | 1968 | 5738863 |
| [filariasis in foxes in the province of grosseto]. | a total of 350 foxes were examined in grosseto province (tuscany) and 68 (19,4%) have been found positive for microfilariae. the examination for adult forms has been carried out on a restricted number of foxes; one specimen of dirofilaria repens has been found. the distribution of parasitosis and the presence of mosquito species, as possible vectors, has been discussed. | 1980 | 6112940 |
| [a case of dirofilaria repens migration in man]. | the paper reports a case of dirofilaria repens subcutaneous parasitism with the larva migrans phenomenon in the north causasus area where epidemiological prerequisites are available for spread of dirofilariasis. the clinical picture, surgical intervention, and the diagnosis of the infection are presented. the parasite is defined by the authors as dirofilaria repens. | 1996 | 8700013 |
| [dirofilariasis in humans. report of a case with localization in the cheek (author's transl)]. | cutaneous dirofilariasis usually affects animals (dogs and cats) but can occur in human-beings. occasionally, this cosmopolitan disease is seen in france. our case-report is the sixteenth registered in france. the patient, a forty-two-year-old man, was infected in corsica. he presented with a tumor of the right cheek from which a pregnant adult dirofilaria (nochtiella) repens was extracted. | 1982 | 6287629 |
| [the first observation of a parasite, dirofilaria repens, in the human eye in china (author's transl)]. | | 1980 | 6788497 |
| human subcutaneous dirofilariasis. 1. two new cases in venice. identification of the causal agent as dirofilaria repens raillet and henry, 1911. | two human cases of subcutaneous dirofilariasis are described in a 41 year-old woman and in a 14 year-old boy living in venice lido. in the first case, the development of a nodule at the left forearm had been preceded by generalized symptoms such as pruriginous urticarioid patches in various regions of the body, transitory swellings and 8% eosinophilia. from the nodule, an adult female of dirofilaria repens was recovered with embryos visible in the uterus. in the second case, the parasite was loc ... | 1982 | 6926932 |
| 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 |
| human pulmonary dirofilariasis. | two new cases of human pulmonary dirofilariasis, in a 66-year-old woman and a 69-year-old man, respectively, both living in the po valley, are described. they represent the 7th and 8th cases reported in italy and seem to be ascribable to dirofilaria repens, even though the poor state of preservation of the parasites did not allow the morphology of the species involved to be clearly defined. in both cases, the false clinical diagnosis of lung cancer was based on the accidental radiological discov ... | 1996 | 8818697 |
| zoonotic implications of cats and dogs in filarial transmission in peninsular malaysia. | filarial infections in 447 cats and 68 dogs from six endemic areas of human filariasis in peninsular malaysia were studied as part of the study on the zoonotic transmission of subperiodic brugia malayi infection. 20.6% of cats and 57.4% of dogs had filarial infections. cats were infected with subperiodic b. malayi, b. pahangi, dirofilaria repens and d. immitis. dogs were infected with b. pahangi and d. immitis. 6.9% of the cats had subperiodic b. malayi infection. the zoonotic implications of th ... | 1980 | 7210162 |
| [human muscle dirofilariasis of difficult diagnosis]. | a case of dirofilariasis by dirofilaria repens localized in the left temporalis muscle, in a 43-year-old woman, is described. it was acquired in south-western sicily but became apparent in pisa. it is the seventh case of human dirofilariasis reported from this area, confirming the existence of an endemic focus. in spite of the numerous investigations to identify clinically the illness (needle-aspirate, echography, ctscan) the diagnosis was possible only upon discovery of the nematode in the hist ... | 1996 | 8927459 |
| [subcutaneous dirofilaria repens filariasis. a new french case]. | | 1981 | 7267308 |
| [subcutaneous dirofilaria (nochtiella) repens infection in man--report of the first case in austria and review of the literature (author's transl)]. | a 39-year-old female patient developed migratory skin nodules 4 months after a vacation in greece. the patient observed a total of 17 nodules moving over the trunk to the left thigh, where a subcutaneous lesion was excised, yielding a parasite measuring 0.5 mm x 7 cm. it was classified as dirofilaria (nochtiella) repens. since this is the first case observed in austria, an exact description of subcutaneous dirofilariasis, its geographical distribution and a review of the literature is presented. | 1981 | 7281684 |
| [a report of 4 cases of human dirofilaria repens infestation in the city of barnaul, altai territory]. | four local cases of eye damage due to dirofilaria repens infection which occurred in the town of barnaul, altai region, are described. this information may be useful for medical and veterinary staff. | 1995 | 7476688 |
| ophthalmic dirofilariasis. | to report a rare case of ophthalmic dirofilariasis in a 68-year-old man with sudden, intense pain and itching in the left eye. the nematode was located in the eye and recognized as dirofilaria repens. | 1997 | 9152076 |
| [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 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 |
| [human dirofilariasis in southern italy. ii. the calabria region]. | a new case of subcutaneous human dirofilariasis, in a 42-year-old woman from the province of cosenza, is described. it is the first reported in calabria. the nematode, an immature female of dirofilaria repens, was clinically diagnosed as a "fibrolipoma". in a collateral research on dogs in different areas of the same province, microfilariae of d. repens in 2 out 134 individuals were detected. | 1994 | 7739880 |
| prevalence of microfilaraemia in episodic weakness and clinically normal dogs belonging to hunting breeds. | blood samples from 50 dogs with episodic weakness and 50 clinically normal dogs, all belonging to hunting breeds, were examined for microfilariae using the modified knott's method. the prevalence of microfilaraemia in dogs belonging to the episodic weakness group was 10% for dirofilaria immitis, 30% for dirofilaria repens and 8% for acanthocheilonema reconditum. in the clinically normal group, the figures were 14% for dirofilaria repens and 4% for acanthocheilonema reconditum. the overall percen ... | 1994 | 7829845 |
| [human infestation by the nematode dirofilaria repens]. | | 1994 | 8015526 |
| [subcutaneous dirofilaria repens dirofilariasis]. | the authors describe a case of dirofilaria repens subcutaneous dirofilariasis, in a resident of corsica (france). epidemiological and morphological features are related for various species of dirofilariasis. these data, mainly based on clinical history, are usually sufficient to exclude other forms of subcutaneous filariosis, especially tropical. | 1996 | 9339017 |
| [efficacy of ivermectin in preventing dirofilaria repens infestation in dogs naturally exposed to contagion]. | the ability of ivermectin to control canine dirofilariosis in naturally infected dogs was tested. two studies were carried out in the coast line of grosseto district (italy), where d. repens infection is endemic. a sample of 384 dogs from the area was examined as background controls and we found d. repens in 21.1%, d. immitis in 7.8% and both species in 6.5%. in the first study we used 72 privately-owned dogs, of varying sex, breed and age; all animals were negative to knott's modified test for ... | 1993 | 8065824 |
| [case report: dirofilariasis in a dog]. | a siberian husky from the milan region was referred to the clinic for clarification of a history of weight loss and rapid fatigue. on clinical examination increased vesicular sounds and dyspnea after physical excitement and effort were the only abnormal findings demonstrable. radiologically demonstrated changes of the pulmonary arteries led to a tentative diagnosis of dirofilariosis. the parasitological diagnosis based on serology and the morphology of microfilariae isolated from the blood indic ... | 1994 | 8091180 |
| the domestic cat as a host for brugian filariasis in south kalimantan (borneo), indonesia. | three hundred and twenty-five domestic cats (felis catus) from six villages of the hulu sungai tengah and banjar regency of south kalimantan (borneo), indonesia, were examined for filarial nematodes. parasites were found in 66 cats, of which 61 (92.4%) had brugia pahangi, four (6.1%) has b. malayi and one (1.5%) had dirofilaria repens. infection rates ranged from 11% to 22% in cats from secondary forest/rice-field habitats, from 15% to 30% in open village/rice-field habitats, to 50% in an open c ... | 1985 | 4067251 |
| some early findings on the possibility of using aedes togoi as a vector of dirofilaria repens in the laboratory. | | 1966 | 4224562 |
| [cutaneous dirofilariasis from dirofilaria repens. a case contracted in gironde]. | cutaneous dirofilariasis caused by dirofilaria repens is a parasitic disease in dogs and cats. it is exceedingly rare in man who is an occasional host. the parasite fails to reach maturity. the true incidence of dirofilariasis is probably greater than recognized. this can be explained by the apparent benign nature of the lesions that may not warrant excision. | 1998 | 9747224 |
| human infection with dirofilaria (nochtiella) repens in sri lanka. | | 1993 | 8477486 |
| canine filariasis. importance and transmission in the baix llobregat area, barcelona (spain). | field and laboratory studies were performed in order to assess the degree of canine dirofilariasis caused by dirofilaria immitis (leidy) in the baix llobregat region, a fluvial area near barcelona, spain. a total of 188 dogs were sampled between may and august of 1994. three main areas were chosen: the western delta, the eastern delta and the northern zone. simultaneously, a mosquito sampling programme was carried out with co2 light traps, to search for infective larvae (l3) of d. immitis. of th ... | 1998 | 9763317 |
| [human sub-conjunctival dirofilariasis: a probable case seen in france by amatus lusitanus in the 16th century]. | in the book curationum medicinalium centuria septima (1566) of the portuguese physician amatus lusitanus (1511-1568) a curious clinical case is reported concerning a 3 year-old girl from limoux (aude, southern france) affected by ocular filariasis with the worm spontaneously emerging from the eye. on the basis of the description and localisation of the parasite, and of the locality where it was observed, the nematode might be identified as dirofilaria repens, the causative agent of canine and hu ... | 1995 | 8532372 |
| human dirofilariasis caused by dirofilaria (nochtiella) repens in sri lanka. | human dirofilariasis due to dirofilaria (nochtiella) repens is a common zoonotic infection in sri lanka. todate 70 cases are on record, and they include 3 expatriates from russia, england and korea, who were undoubtedly infected in sri lanka. around 30-60% of dogs are infected with d. repens in various parts of the country and the mosquito vectors are aedes aegypti, armigeres subalbatus, mansonia uniformis and m. annulifera. unlike in other countries of the old world infection is most common in ... | 1997 | 9802095 |
| [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 |
| [is human dirofilaria (nochtiella) repens parasitosis mor frequent than it appears on the mediterranean coast?]. | some observations of human parasitism by dirofilaria (nochtiella) repens are frequently enough reported but they are also individually reported by different authors. nïmes's geographical situation makes of it a privileged observatory for this helminthiasis. the worm's maturity varies depending on the subjects: the sensitivity of those and the clinical reactions are of a large variety. the ones that seem to be constant are the parasit's migrations in the different territories during a lot of mont ... | 1995 | 8555774 |
| [human periorbital dirofilariasis]. | we present the case of a 72 year-old-woman with recurrent periocular inflamatory mass caused by an infection with dirofilaria repens. the zoonotic infection is spreading by mosquito vectors from dogs to humans. residence in endemic areas (ex-ussr, italy, sri lanka, southeastern united states) should always be suspected in patients with this type of symptomatology. the treatment is curative by the extraction of the pseudotumoral mass. | 1996 | 8729842 |
| human dirofilariasis in greece: a review of reported cases and a description of a new, subcutaneous case. | a superficial analysis of greek reports of human cases of dirofilariasis indicated that this zoonosis is rare in greece. however, a more detailed review of the international literature revealed several more cases, diagnosed and recorded in other countries following infection during holidays in greece. overall, at least 20 individuals are now known to have been infected in greece, in all regions of the country. a new, subcutaneous case of dirofilariasis is described; the infection occurred in a 4 ... | 1996 | 8758146 |
| development of dirofilaria and setaria nematodes in aedes albopictus. | the development of dirofilaria repens, d immitis and setaria labiatopapillosa up to l3 stage was documented in a laboratory colony of aedes albopictus originating from specimens collected in civitavecchia (central italy). the susceptibility of ae albopictus and its plastic trophic habits, strongly suggest that this mosquito may contribute to the spreading of these nematodes in the country. it is particularly emphasized the danger for human health of an increased probability of transmission of di ... | 1995 | 8778656 |
| human dirofilariasis due to dirofilaria (nochtiella) repens: a review of world literature. | for some dirofilaria spp. of zoonotic importance, such as d.immitis, d.tenuis, d.ursi, reviews of human cases were often published. for d. repens there is no published information giving a picture of the importance of the problem and of the geographical distribution of the parasite in the world. from a study of the international literature and from direct experience (our workgroup observed 75 cases in italy) we have ascertained that the condition associated with d. repens is the most frequent an ... | 1995 | 8778658 |
| [human subcutaneous dirofilariasis: 8 more cases in italy]. | eight new cases of human subcutaneous dirofilariasis due to dirofilaria repens in subjects aged 14 to 83 years, 5 men and 3 women, are recorded. the patients were living in piedmont (5 cases), tuscany (1), friuli-venetia julia (1) and apulia (1). the nematodes were immature in 6 cases (2 males and 4 females) and adults in 2 (both females). microfilariae in the uterus of one of them were detected. | 1996 | 8927458 |
| polymerase chain reaction-identification of dirofilaria repens and dirofilaria immitis. | on the basis of known dna sequences of dirofilaria repens and d. immitis we designed specific primers for the amplification by polymerase chain reaction (pcr) of the dna from the two species. the pcr-based identification was found to be unambiguous and allowed specific diagnosis of microfilariae in blood samples, of developing larvae in the mosquito vector and of immature adults in bioptic material, overcoming the serious constraints of the morphological separation of these filarial parasites at ... | 1996 | 8939053 |
| [dirofilariasis in france: a case in languedoc in an hiv-seropositive patient]. | dirofilaria repens is an endemic canine parasite in the mediterranean area. human infestation is rare. we observed a case in an hiv-positive patient who presented an ocular filaria which was successfully removed under local anesthesia. in man, filariae may be expulsed without a parasite cycle or complete a growth cycle, depending on the individual's immunological status. the disease has been known in southern france for several centuries, mainly in lagoons near the mediterranean seaside. a revie ... | 1996 | 8958857 |
| human infection with dirofilaria repens in malaysia. | human dirofilariasis is a rare infection in malaysia. thus far, only two human cases have been reported viz. dirofilaria immitis and d. (nochtiella) repens and in both instances, adult worms were recovered from infected patients. the two cases reported in the present study, one from melaka and the other from penang, were diagnosed histologically. based on the diagnostic criteria for identifying dirofilaria in tissue sections, the parasites were identified as d. (nochtiella) repens. | 1996 | 8960220 |
| human dirofilariasis. | subcutaneous and pulmonary dirofilariasis in humans appears to be a frequent disease in endemic areas, notably the mediterranean region. following increased air travel in recent years, the incidence of human dirofilariasis has increased in tourists as well. | 1996 | 8970844 |
| subcutaneous dirofilariasis: single inoculum, multiple worms. | the present report describes an unusual case of subcutaneous dirofilariasis attributed to dirofilaria repens. the patient, a 42-year-old caucasian male, who acquired the infection in africa, presented on two different occasions, 10 months apart, with a sudden onset of symptoms and a living worm moving about in the periorbital tissues. both worms were mature nongravid females. based on the maturation of the respective reproductive systems and the volume and distribution of eggs in the reproductiv ... | 1997 | 9158057 |
| [human dirofilariasis in sardinia: 4 new cases. review of published cases]. | four new cases of human dirofilariasis in sardinia are described: i subconjunctival and 3 subcutaneous. the patients were men in 3 cases and woman in the other one. the age of the subjects varied from 35 to 58 years. the parasite, dirofilaria repens, was in all the cases a female. from the review of the literature only 3 other cases were reported in the island. due to the diffuse presence of both the causal agent, d. repens, in dogs and many species of culicidae that can transmit the infection t ... | 1996 | 9206773 |
| unusual breast lumps. | two new italian cases of breast infection by dirofilaria repens are presented. in one case the correct diagnosis was clinically achieved through needle aspiration. this case is documented by a surprising macrophotography. | 1997 | 9226031 |
| [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 |
| [imported parasites in dogs: dirofilaria repens and dipetalonema reconditum]. | between june 1993 and may 1996 infections with filariae were diagnosed in 80 dogs. five animals were infected with dirofilaria repens and three other dogs with dipetalonema reconditum. one of the d. reconditum positive dogs was also infected with dirofilaria immitis. an epidemiological analysis of the cases was possible for three d. repens and two d. reconditum infected dogs. two of the dogs with d. repens infections had been imported from italy or greece, the third dog had been taken by its own ... | 1997 | 9312900 |
| serological diagnosis of subcutaneous dirofilariosis. | we present serological evidence that dirofilaria immitis was the causative agent of subcutaneous nodules in two patients. elisa and enzyme-linked immunoblot analysis showed that the two human sera had a reactivity pattern similar to that of d. immitis rabbit immune serum. the reaction pattern of the human sera was very different to that of dirofilaria repens rabbit immune serum. in the light of our findings, the traditional view that subcutaneous filarial nodules are due to d. repens has to be r ... | 1995 | 7671389 |
| [dirofilariasis in the countries of the cis: an analysis of the cases over the years 1915-1996]. | a hundred and fourteen cases of subcutaneous dirofilariasis caused by dirofilaria repens were described in the cis in 1915-1996. the mean age of the patients was 38.4 years (from 3 to 70 years). dirofilaria was found in the eye in 45.9% of cases, in the head and neck in 17.5%, in the arms and hands in 11.7%, in the legs in 8.1%, in the viscera in 2 cases, and in the genitalia in 2 cases, they being prevalent in the body's right part. the north boundary of local infection cases was in latitude 53 ... | 1997 | 9445993 |
| [imported arthropod-borne parasites and parasitic arthropods in dogs. species spectrum and epidemiologic analysis of the cases diagnosed in 1995/96]. | between january 1995 and december 1996 nonendemic or only regionally occurring arthropodborne parasites including ehrlichiae and parasitic arthropods in germany were detected in 484 dogs, whereby at least 15 species were involved. listed in decreasing order, leishmania infections occurred most frequently, followed by infections/infestations with babesia canis, ehrlichia canis, rhipicephalus sanguineus, dirofilaria immitis and dermacentor reticulatus. the other species, namely babesia gibsoni, tr ... | 1998 | 9531673 |