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

ABSTRACT:

Background

Human dirofilariasis is a zoonotic infection that continues to spread to previously unaffected areas of Europe. In the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic (CR), imported as well as autochthonous canine infections were recorded in the last decade, and parasite DNA was detected in mosquitoes of Aedes vexans. In the present paper, human Dirofilaria infections are reported from the country for the first time.

Case presentation

The samples from five patients with suspected tissue helminthiases were investigated. In particular cases, nematodes were isolated from various tissues including skin of lower leg, soft tissues of finger, subcutaneous tissue of hypogastrium, lymph node and peritoneum. The diagnosis was based on light microscopic morphology and/or DNA ana

SUBMITTER: Mateju J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4837637 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature