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Experimental dirofilariasis in macaques. III. Susceptibility and host responses to Dirofilaria tenuis of raccoons.

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In this third of a series of studies on experimental dirofilariasis in primate hosts, 3 Macaca cynomolgus, 6 M. speciosa, and 2 M. mulatta were inoculated with infective larvae of Dirofilaria tenuis, a parasite of the raccoon, and were killed at periods ranging from 2 weeks to 13 months of

Human dirofilariasis: raccoon heartworm causing a leg nodule.

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Human dirofilariasis is a rare zoonotic infection caused by various filarial species of the genus Dirofilaria. Dirofilaria tenuis causes heartworm infection in raccoons and infrequently causes human disease. The Dirofilaria organism accidentally is transmitted to humans through the bite of a

[Dirofilariasis, an unknown parasitosis. One case observed in Paris (author's transl)].

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In France, dirofilariasis D. tenuis are rare (less than ten cases were recorded). They manifest themselves by subcutaneous nodules. The fact that sometimes important inflammatory signs exist, could being one to diagnose an infectious etiology. Diagnosis may be made when the nodule is in the

[Subcutaneous human dirofilariasis].

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After a short review of the literature, starting from the last decades of the past century, the current classification of the Dirofilaria genus is shown with its two subgenera: D. immitis and D. nochtiella (repens, tenuis and ursi). The first case of subcutaneous and pulmonary dirofilariasis caused

Ophthalmic dirofilariasis.

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Dirofilaria tenuis infection involving the eye and ocular adnexae is rare. We report a patient from Florida with a subconjunctival worm which was surgically removed and identified as immature D. tenuis. Ophthalmic involvement of this organism is found most commonly in Florida and the southeastern

Dirofilariasis of the breast.

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Sections of an adult filarial worm, probably Dirofilaria tenuis or related species were found within the breast tissue. This is the first human dirofilarial infection reported from Trinidad.

Subcutaneous dirofilariasis in Collier County, Florida, USA.

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A 10-year review of the surgical pathology files of the Department of Pathology at Naples Community Hospital (Naples, FL, U.S.A.) revealed 10 cases of Dirofilaria tenuis and one of Dirofilaria ursi infection. The review consisted of only those lesions for which the pathologists had recorded the

Periorbital dirofilariasis.

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A differential diagnosis of inflammatory periocular soft tissue masses includes sarcoidosis, ruptured dermoid cyst, infectious abscess, metastatic neoplastic disease, and idiopathic pseudotumor. The authors present the case of a 42-year-old woman with a periocular inflammatory mass caused by

Roundworm-associated median nerve compression: a case report.

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Human dirofilariasis is a rare zoonotic infection caused by the bite of a blood-feeding mosquito infected with a filarial nematode (roundworm). these infections can manifest as stationary or migratory subcutaneous or conjunctival nodules. We report an unusual case of Dirofilaria tenuis (D.tenuis)

Dirofilaria repens manifesting as a breast nodule. Diagnostic problems and epidemiologic considerations.

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Human dirofilarial infections characteristically manifest as pulmonary 'coin' lesions or as subcutaneous nodules. Reported is a case of subcutaneous Dirofilaria infection that first manifested as a painful breast nodule, necessitating excisional biopsy and frozen section interpretation to rule out

Zoonotic aspects of filarial infections in man.

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This article gives an account of the filarial parasites found in man and their potential transmissibility to and from other vertebrate animals under natural and experimental conditions.Those species that are regarded as being primarily parasites of other vertebrates, but which also infect man, are

Development of a PCR- and probe-based test for the sensitive and specific detection of the dog heartworm, Dirofilaria immitis, in its mosquito intermediate host.

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The mosquito-borne filarial worm, Dirofilaria immitis, causes heartworm disease in dogs. Detection of this parasite in its mosquito intermediate host currently involves dissection and microscopic examination for larval stages. Although this method is used commonly as a screening tool for

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