[Human dirofilariasis in southern Italy. II. The Calabria Region]

Pathologica. 1994 Oct;86(5):533-5.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Dirofilaria / anatomy & histology
  • Dirofilariasis / epidemiology
  • Dirofilariasis / parasitology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Italy / epidemiology