Literature DB >> 24821120

A case of autochthonous human Dirofilaria infection, Germany, March 2014.

D Tappe1, M Plauth, T Bauer, B Muntau, L Dießel, E Tannich, P Herrmann-Trost.   

Abstract

In March 2014, an infection with the nematode Dirofilaria repens was diagnosed in a German citizen in the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt. The patient had developed an itching subcutaneous nodule containing a female worm, which was identified as D. repens by 12S ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) gene sequencing. Autochthonous human D. repens infections have not been described in Germany so far, but this finding is consistent with the recent detection of D. repens in mosquitoes from east Germany.

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Year:  2014        PMID: 24821120

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Euro Surveill        ISSN: 1025-496X


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Journal:  Parasitol Res       Date:  2015-08       Impact factor: 2.289

2.  Detection of Dirofilaria repens and Dirofilaria immitis DNA in mosquitoes from Belarus.

Authors:  Tatiana Șuleșco; Tatiana Volkova; Svetlana Yashkova; Alexandru Tomazatos; Heidrun von Thien; Renke Lühken; Egbert Tannich
Journal:  Parasitol Res       Date:  2016-05-11       Impact factor: 2.289

3.  Zoonotic Dirofilaria repens (Nematoda: Filarioidea) in Aedes vexans mosquitoes, Czech Republic.

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Journal:  Parasitol Res       Date:  2014-10-28       Impact factor: 2.289

4.  Case Report: Thelazia callipaeda Eye Infection: The First Human Case in Germany.

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5.  No evidence of Dirofilaria repens infection in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) from Brandenburg, Germany.

Authors:  Vera Härtwig; Christoph Schulze; Martin Pfeffer; Arwid Daugschies; Viktor Dyachenko
Journal:  Parasitol Res       Date:  2015-11-14       Impact factor: 2.289

6.  Identification of microfilaria in a mammary mass aspirate from a female dog.

Authors:  Hilary J Burgess; Brent Wagner
Journal:  Can Vet J       Date:  2016-04       Impact factor: 1.008

7.  The prevalence of Dirofilaria repens in cats, healthy dogs and dogs with concurrent babesiosis in an expansion zone in central Europe.

Authors:  Anna Bajer; Anna Rodo; Ewa J Mierzejewska; Katarzyna Tołkacz; Renata Welc-Faleciak
Journal:  BMC Vet Res       Date:  2016-09-05       Impact factor: 2.741

8.  Circulation of Dirofilaria repens and Dirofilaria immitis in Moldova.

Authors:  Tatiana Șuleșco; Heidrun von Thien; Lidia Toderaș; Ion Toderaș; Renke Lühken; Egbert Tannich
Journal:  Parasit Vectors       Date:  2016-12-03       Impact factor: 3.876

9.  Dirofilaria repens: emergence of autochthonous human infections in the Czech Republic (case reports).

Authors:  Jana Matějů; Marta Chanová; David Modrý; Barbora Mitková; Kristýna Hrazdilová; Víta Žampachová; Libuše Kolářová
Journal:  BMC Infect Dis       Date:  2016-04-19       Impact factor: 3.090

10.  Periorbital Dirofilaria repens imported to Denmark: A human case report.

Authors:  Kristine Klintebjerg; Eskild Petersen; Natalia Yurievna Pshenichnaya; Larisa Alexandrovna Ermakova; Sergey Andreevich Nagorny; Carsten Schade Larsen
Journal:  IDCases       Date:  2014-12-12
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