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ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2022

Dirofilaria repens Testicular Infection in Child, Italy.

Sara Ugolini, Mario Lima, Michela Maffi, Francesco Pierangeli, Marzia Vastano, Tommaso Gargano, Stefania Varani, Andrea Gustinelli, Monica Caffara, Maria L Fioravanti

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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 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 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 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Sara Ugolini
Mario Lima
Michela Maffi
Francesco Pierangeli
Marzia Vastano
Tommaso Gargano
Stefania Varani
Andrea Gustinelli
Monica Caffara
Maria L Fioravanti
Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Science · THChulalongkorn University · THUniversity of Bologna · ITWythenshawe Hospital · GBHanyang University · KROspedali Riuniti di Ancona · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Testicular Dirofilaria repens infection was identified and confirmed by sequence analysis in a child in northeastern Italy. Because human dirofilariasis is emerging in southern and eastern Europe, this parasitic infection should be considered in the differential diagnosis of scrotal swelling in disease-endemic countries to avoid unnecessary interventions, such as orchiectomy.

Indexed as

Dirofilaria repensDirofilariasisAnimalsChildDiagnosis, DifferentialFamilyHumansItalydifferential diagnosisDirofilaria repensdirofilariasisgenitaliaItalymale childorchiectomyparasitestesticular diseasestesticular neoplasmsvector-borne infectionszoonoses

Identifiers

PMID36418007
PMCPMC9707574
OpenAlexW4310334169

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