ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2018
Dirofilaria repens Nematode Infection with Microfilaremia in Traveler Returning to Belgium from Senegal.
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- Vectors, host range, and spatial distribution of Dirofilaria immitis and D. repens in Europe: a systematic review.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2025Pooled it
- Human dirofilariosis in Austria: the past, the present, the future.Parasites & vectors · 2021Pooled it
- Oral dirofilariasis mimicking endodontic failure: a case report.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Circulation ofLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Characterization of Emerging Human Dirofilaria repens Infections, Estonia, 2023.Emerging infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Rapid Subcutaneous Migration of Dirofilaria repens Nematode in Facial Tissue, Italy.Emerging infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Uncovering humanParasitology · 2025Article
- Case of subconjunctival dirofilariasis.BMJ case reports · 2024Article
- A Rare Case of Dirofilariasis in the Genian Region.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Subcutaneous Dirofilariosis of the Eyelid Brought to Poland from the Endemic Territory of Ukraine.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Dirofilaria repens infection of the eye.Journal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection · 2022Article
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- Recurrent Swelling and Microfilaremia Caused by Dirofilaria repens Infection after Travel to India.Emerging infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Case Report: Successful Treatment of a Patient with Microfilaremic Dirofilariasis Using Doxycycline.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Article
- I have got you under my skin.Infection · 2020Article
- The First Case of Elbow Bursitis Caused byOpen forum infectious diseases · 2019Article
- Recent advances on Dirofilaria repens in dogs and humans in Europe.Parasites & vectors · 2018Review
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
We report human infection with a Dirofilaria repens nematode likely acquired in Senegal. An adult worm was extracted from the right conjunctiva of the case-patient, and blood microfilariae were detected, which led to an initial misdiagnosis of loiasis. We also observed the complete life cycle of a D. repens nematode in this patient.
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