Human Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis Caused by Dirofilaria repens in Ibiza, Spain

Isabel Fuentes Servicio de Parasitologia, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Can Misses, Centro Insular de Sanidad, Catedra de Anatomia Patologica, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

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Antonio Cascales Servicio de Parasitologia, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Can Misses, Centro Insular de Sanidad, Catedra de Anatomia Patologica, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

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Jose Maria Ros Servicio de Parasitologia, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Can Misses, Centro Insular de Sanidad, Catedra de Anatomia Patologica, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

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Carmelo Sansano Servicio de Parasitologia, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Can Misses, Centro Insular de Sanidad, Catedra de Anatomia Patologica, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

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Jose Luis Gonzalez-Arribas Servicio de Parasitologia, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Can Misses, Centro Insular de Sanidad, Catedra de Anatomia Patologica, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

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Jorge Alvar Servicio de Parasitologia, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Can Misses, Centro Insular de Sanidad, Catedra de Anatomia Patologica, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1994.51.401
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Volume 51: Issue 4
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401–404
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A case of human subcutaneous dirofilariasis contracted in Ibiza, Spain is reported. An incomplete nematode extracted from the eyelid of a woman patient was identified on the basis of its anatomic and histologic characteristics as a nongravid adult female of the species Dirofilaria repens. The subcutaneous location of the worm, together with the epidemiologic data, support this finding.

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Copyright © 1994 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1994
Published Online:
Oct 1994
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Print ISSN:
0002-9637
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