sp. Nematode, Brazil

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Otranto, Domenico ; Diniz, Daniel G. ; Dantas-Torres, Filipe ; Casiraghi, Maurizio ; de Almeida, Izabela N.F. ; de Almeida, Luciana N.F. ; Nascimento dos Santos, Jeannie ; Furtado, Adriano Penha ; Sobrinho, Edmundo F. de Almeida ; Bain, Odile
• Description:
  A case of human intraocular dirofilariasis is reported from northern Brazil. The nematode was morphologically and phylogenetically related to Dirofilaria immitis but distinct from reference sequences, including those of D. immitis infesting dogs in the same area. A zoonotic Dirofilaria species infesting wild mammals in Brazil and its implications are discussed.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Animals Cyclooxygenase 1 Dirofilaria Dirofilariasis Eye Eye Diseases Humans Male Molecular Sequence Data Phenotype Phylogeny

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 17(5):863-866.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Place as Subject:
  Brazil
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:023057429ac57c69e5e0b640f881a3ced9e3f8afade2bbb65822ccfb781917bf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/24346/cdc_24346_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 454.52 KB ]