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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2025

First Case of Human Ocular Dirofilariasis in the Aosta Valley Region: Clinical Management and Morphological-Molecular Confirmation.

Erik Mus, Annalisa Viani, Lorenzo Domenis, Fabio Maradei, Antonio Valastro, Gianluca Marucci, Claudio Giuseppe Giacomazzi, Silvia Carla Maria Magnani, Roberto Imparato, Annie Cometto and 3 more

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Autochthonous human subconjunctival dirofilariasis in europe: a case report from Italy and literature review.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  2. Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Erik MusDepartment of Ophthalmology, Beauregard Hospital, Azienda USL della Valle d'Aosta, Via L. Vaccari 5, 11100 Aosta, Italy.ORCID 0009-0005-6686-5749
Annalisa VianiS.C. Animal Health, Azienda USL della Valle d'Aosta, Località Amerique 7/l, 11020 Quart, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1441-7678
Lorenzo DomenisExperimental Zooprofilactic Institute of Piedmont, Liguria, and Aosta Valley National Reference Centre for Wildlife Diseases (CeRMAS), Loc. Amerique 7/G, 11020 Quart, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3018-3149
Fabio MaradeiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Beauregard Hospital, Azienda USL della Valle d'Aosta, Via L. Vaccari 5, 11100 Aosta, Italy.
Antonio ValastroDepartment of Ophthalmology, Beauregard Hospital, Azienda USL della Valle d'Aosta, Via L. Vaccari 5, 11100 Aosta, Italy.
Gianluca MarucciEuropean Union Reference Laboratory for Parasites (EURL-P), Unit of Foodborne and Neglected Parasitic Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1857-7062
Claudio Giuseppe GiacomazziMicrobiology Unit, U. Parini Hospital, Azienda USL della Valle d'Aosta, 11100 Aosta, Italy.
Silvia Carla Maria MagnaniInfectious Diseases Unit, U. Parini Hospital, Azienda USL della Valle d'Aosta, 11100 Aosta, Italy.
Roberto ImparatoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Beauregard Hospital, Azienda USL della Valle d'Aosta, Via L. Vaccari 5, 11100 Aosta, Italy.
Annie ComettoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Beauregard Hospital, Azienda USL della Valle d'Aosta, Via L. Vaccari 5, 11100 Aosta, Italy.
Adriano CasulliEuropean Union Reference Laboratory for Parasites (EURL-P), Unit of Foodborne and Neglected Parasitic Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9183-7591
Riccardo OrusaExperimental Zooprofilactic Institute of Piedmont, Liguria, and Aosta Valley National Reference Centre for Wildlife Diseases (CeRMAS), Loc. Amerique 7/G, 11020 Quart, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9027-1642
Luca VentreDepartment of Ophthalmology, Beauregard Hospital, Azienda USL della Valle d'Aosta, Via L. Vaccari 5, 11100 Aosta, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Dirofilaria repensDirofilariasisEye Infections, ParasiticAnimalsConjunctivaFemaleHumansItalyMiddle AgedDirofilaria repensemerging diseasesfilarioid nematodeshuman ocular dirofilariasisOne Healthpublic healthzoonoses

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PMCPMC12114617

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