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First detection of human dirofilariasis in South Africa. | LitMetric
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First detection of human dirofilariasis in South Africa.

Krishnee Moodley Chetna N Govind Abdool K C Peer Marissa van der Westhuizen Dharmesh Parbhoo Lisa Ming Sun Desiree C du Plessis John A Frean

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National Institute for Communicable Diseases, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa ; Wits Research Institute for Malaria, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Published: February 2015

Humans are occasionally inadvertently infected with dirofilariae, the zoonotic nematodes. We report two cases of human dirofilariasis in South Africa, an area apparently non-endemic for this infection. Dirofilariasis is frequently misdiagnosed, so increased awareness of this entity in areas that are non-endemic is essential for prevention of inappropriate investigations and invasive therapy.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4387369PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/idr.2015.5726DOI Listing

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