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A Human Case of Dirofilaria Immitis Infection
Stanley H. Abadie
Stanley H. Abadie
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J. Clyde Swartzwelder
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Russell L. Holman
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Summary
There was found at autopsy in the right heart of a 40-year-old, diabetic, female resident of New Orleans, a worm 21 cm in length and identified as Dirofilaria immitis. A similar case was reported from New Orleans in 1941.
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Department of Tropical Medicine and Medical Parasitology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Deceased; Department of Pathology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
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