| Literature DB >> 8927458 |
S Pampiglione1, A Brollo, E M Ciancia, A De Benedittis, E Feyles, A Mastinu, F Rivasi, G Tunesi, M Vetrugno.
Abstract
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.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8927458
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pathologica ISSN: 0031-2983