ArticleBMC infectious diseases2016
Dirofilaria repens: emergence of autochthonous human infections in the Czech Republic (case reports).
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- A case of inguinal hernia associated with atypical Dirofilaria repens infection in a dog.Parasites & vectors · 2021Article
- Different epidemiological pattern of canine dirofilariosis in two neighboring countries in Central Europe-the Czech Republic and Slovakia.Parasitology research · 2021Article
- The first case of periorbital human dirofilariasis in the Czech Republic.Parasitology research · 2021Article
- A case of human Dirofilaria repens infection, causing an asymptomatic subcutaneous nodule.Parasitology research · 2020Article
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- Encapsulated living worms due to periorbital dirofilariasis: detection with high-resolution sonography.Journal of ultrasound · 2019Article
- Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis in Female Pubic Region - Case Report.Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences · 2019Article
- Recent advances on Dirofilaria repens in dogs and humans in Europe.Parasites & vectors · 2018Review
- Xenomonitoring of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) for the Presence of Filarioid Helminths in Eastern Austria.The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2018Article
- Dirofilaria repens transmission in southeastern Finland.Parasites & vectors · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundHuman 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 analysis of the worms. In addition, ELISA examination of patients' sera for anti-filaria IgG antibodies was performed.
conclusionsIn the CR, five cases of human dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria repens were recorded during 2010-2014 (species determination for three of them was confirmed besides morphological also by DNA analysis). At least, three of the cases were of autochthonous origin (the patients are Czech citizens residing in South Moravian Region who have never travelled abroad). The findings confirm the natural setting of D. repens in South Moravian Region of the CR. Dirofilariasis should be therefore considered as endemic in this area where it may represent a significant risk factor for public health.
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