<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Dirofilariosis is a vector-borne disease that is spreading in Europe from the southern endemic regions to the northern countries, including Slovakia. The dog parasites Dirofilaria immitis and D. repens are zoonotic agents, responsible for the development of human pulmonary and subcutaneous dirofilariosis, respectively. The present paper reports the third case of human dirofilariosis in Slovakia caused by D. repens. The pacient, a 41-year-old woman, was referred with tumour process in the subcutaneous area of the right forearm. Within 14 days the USG confirmed the rapid increase of the nodule from 20 × 10 mm to 30 × 25 mm. The surgical extirpation of the tumour was indicated. Histological examination revealed the formation with eosinofilic rime and the presence of a worm in the centre, detected as D. repens.</p></abstract>

Dirofilariosis is a vector-borne disease that is spreading in Europe from the southern endemic regions to the northern countries, including Slovakia. The dog parasites Dirofilaria immitis and D. repens are zoonotic agents, responsible for the development of human pulmonary and subcutaneous dirofilariosis, respectively. The present paper reports the third case of human dirofilariosis in Slovakia caused by D. repens. The pacient, a 41-year-old woman, was referred with tumour process in the subcutaneous area of the right forearm. Within 14 days the USG confirmed the rapid increase of the nodule from 20 × 10 mm to 30 × 25 mm. The surgical extirpation of the tumour was indicated. Histological examination revealed the formation with eosinofilic rime and the presence of a worm in the centre, detected as D. repens.

Human dirofilariosis: The report of subcutaneous Dirofilaria repens infection in the Slovak Republic

Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Comenius University in Martin, Martin, Slovakia

Parasitological Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 040 01, Košice, Slovak Republic

Institute of Pathological Anatomy, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Comenius University in Martin, Martin, Slovakia

Institute of Public Health, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Comenius University in Martin, Martin, Slovakia

Clinic of Infectology and Travel Medicine, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Comenius University in Martin, Martin, Slovakia

Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty Hospital in Žilina, Žilina, Slovakia

Helminthologia

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Dirofilariosis is a vector-borne disease that is spreading in Europe from the southern endemic regions to the northern countries, including Slovakia. The dog...

Human dirofilariosis: The report of subcutaneous Dirofilaria repens infection in the Slovak Republic

Published Online: Mar 11, 2011

Page range: 13 - 16

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-011-0003-9

Keywords
human dirofilariosis, Dirofilaria repens, Slovakia

© 2011 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Human dirofilariosis: The report of subcutaneous Dirofilaria repens infection in the Slovak Republic

Published Online: Mar 11, 2011

Page range: 13 - 16

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-011-0003-9

Keywordshuman dirofilariosis, Dirofilaria repens, Slovakia

© 2011 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
human dirofilariosis, Dirofilaria repens, Slovakia