| Literature DB >> 26275256 |
Archana Chintaman Choure1, Meghna Satish Palewar, Vaishali Babanrao Dohe, Swati Shankarrao Mudshingkar, K Madhuri, Renu Satish Bharadwaj.
Abstract
Human dirofilariasis is a rare infection caused by filarial worms of genus Dirofilaria. Subconjunctival dirofilariasis has been reported from Asia, Europe, Italy and Africa. In India majority cases are from Kerala, Karnataka and very few from Maharashtra. We report the rare case of subconjunctival dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria repens from Maharashtra, western India.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID： 26275256 DOI： 10.4103/0377-4929.162866
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Pathol Microbiol ISSN： 0377-4929 Impact factor: 0.740