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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 12(6), 1963, pp. 888-891
Copyright © 1963 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Dirofilariasis in Man: Report of a Case from the State of Washington*

Robert F. Welty{dagger}, Theodore E. Ludden{dagger} AND Paul C. Beaver{ddagger}

A case is reported in which an adolescent female Dirofilaria was found in a pectoral muscle of a 63-year-old woman. This is the first autochthonous filarial infection to be reported from the State of Washington, the twelfth from the United States.


* Supported by Grant AI-04919 from the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Public Health Service.


{dagger} Departments of Pathology and Surgical Service, Deaconess Hospital, Spokane, Washington.


{ddagger} Department of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.






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