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Indian J Ophthalmol
April 2022
Orbit and Oculoplasty Service, Vitreoretina Service, Prabha Eye Clinic and Research Centre, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Background: Dirofilariasis is an emerging zoonosis in India. Most of the cases from India have been reported from the states of Kerala, coastal Karnataka and Maharashtra, and a few from the North India, Orissa and Assam. Dogs, cats, foxes and other wild animals are definitive hosts for dirofilaria.
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July 2022
Centre Ocular Quirúrgic de Terrassa, Barcelona, España; Institut Clínic d'Oftalmologia (ICOF), Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, España.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
April 2021
3Center for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Ponekara, Kochi, Kerala, India.
We tried to determine the epidemiology and species of human dirofilariasis observed at two tertiary care hospitals in Kerala. We searched the hospital database to identify cases of dirofilariosis from January 2005 to March 2020. Along with human isolates, one dog Dirofilaria isolate was also subjected to PCR and sequencing of pan filarial primers cytochrome oxidase subunits 1 and 12S rDNA.
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December 2020
2Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
is a lymphatic nematode that accounts for approximately 10% of lymphatic filariasis cases worldwide. It is endemic in several countries in South and Southeast Asia. In Thailand, .
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October 2019
A.I. Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentristy, 20/1 Delegatskaya St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 127473.
The prevalence of dirofilariasis in Russian Federation has been increasing in recent years. Diagnosis of ocular dirofilariasis is difficult due to polymorphism of its clinical manifestations. Systematized data on this disease in literature is virtually absent.
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