A Rare Human Case of Dirofilaria repens Infection in the Subcutaneous Posterior Thorax with Molecular Identification
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
; : 329-333, 2015.
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ABSTRACT
The emergence of Dirofilarial infections in Asia including Vietnam is a clinically significant threat to the community. We here report a rare case of subcutaneous Dirofilaria repens infection on the posterior thoracic wall in a young woman presenting a painful, itchy, and palpable nodule. The adult worm was identified by mitochondrial cox1 and nuclear ITS-2 sequence determination. The diagnosis was additionally confirmed by 16S rRNA sequencing of the endosymbiont Wolbachia pipientis commonly co-existing with D. repens. This is a rare case of subcutaneous human infection on the posterior thoracic region caused by D. repens.
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Sujet Principal:
Phylogenèse
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Thorax
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Dirofilariose
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Dirofilaria repens
Type d'étude:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limites du sujet:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
langue:
En
Texte intégral:
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
Année:
2015
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Article