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ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2022

Severe and Rare Case of Human Dirofilaria repens Infection with Pleural and Subcutaneous Manifestations, Slovenia.

Helena Biasizzo, Barbara Šoba, Frosina Ilovski, Matevž Harlander, Matej Lukin, Olga Blatnik, Matjaž Turel, Matevž Srpčič, Izidor Kern, Bojana Beović

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Article in Emerging infectious diseases, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Helena Biasizzo
Barbara Šoba
Frosina Ilovski
Matevž Harlander
Matej Lukin
Olga Blatnik
Matjaž Turel
Matevž Srpčič
Izidor Kern
Bojana Beović
School of Business and Management Novo Mesto · SILjubljana University Medical Centre · SIUniversity Clinic of Pulmonary and Allergic Diseases Golnik · SIUniversity of Ljubljana · SIInstitute of Oncology Ljubljana · SI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report a case of human Dirofilaria repens infection in a woman in Slovenia who had concomitant pleural and subcutaneous manifestations of the infection. This case report illustrates the clinical course of a severe symptomatic parasitic infection that had multisystemic manifestations.

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Dirofilaria repensAnimalsFemaleHumansSloveniaDirofilaria repensdrug therapyhumaninfectionnematodeparasitespleural manifestationsSloveniasubcutaneous manifestationszoonoses

Identifiers

PMID36417956
PMCPMC9707586
OpenAlexW4310329642

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