Dirofilaria repens Infection and Concomitant Meningoencephalitis

Poppert, Sven; Hodapp, Maike; Krueger, Andreas; Hegasy, Guido; Niesen, Wolf-Dirk; Kern, Winfried V.; Tannich, Egbert

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Dirofilaria repens Infection and Concomitant Meningoencephalitis

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Nov 2009
By Poppert, Sven ; Hodapp, Maike ; Krueger, Andreas ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Poppert, Sven ; Hodapp, Maike ; Krueger, Andreas ; Hegasy, Guido ; Niesen, Wolf-Dirk ; Kern, Winfried V. ; Tannich, Egbert
Description:

Dirofilaria repens, a filarial nematode of dogs and other carnivores, can accidentally infect humans. Clinical symptoms are usually restricted to a subcutaneous nodule containing a single infertile parasite. Here, we report a case of D. repens infection with a subcutaneous gravid worm and the patient's concomitant meningoencephalitis and aphasia.
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Animals Aphasia Communicable Diseases, Emerging Dirofilaria Dogs Humans Male Meningoencephalitis Microfilaria Middle Aged Molecular Sequence Data Travel
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Emerg Infect Dis. 15(11):1844-1846.
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Journal Article
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Germany ; India ; Sri Lanka
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15
Issue:

11
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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