RESUMO
The paper presents the results of clinical, epidemiological, and epizootological analyses of local cases of human dirofilariasis in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, which suggest that natural and climatic changes, namely the abnormally hot summer in 2010-2011 and increasing migratory processes among human beings and animals, open up possibilities for forming foci ofdirofilariasis outside habitats of Dirofilaria repens.
Assuntos
Dirofilaria repens/fisiologia , Dirofilariose/epidemiologia , Doenças do Cão/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Migração Animal , Animais , Criança , Clima , Dirofilaria repens/isolamento & purificação , Dirofilariose/parasitologia , Dirofilariose/transmissão , Doenças do Cão/parasitologia , Doenças do Cão/transmissão , Cães , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Federação Russa/epidemiologiaRESUMO
A case of dirofilariosis is reported. The disease is believed to be caused by the contact with the cat that the patient brought in from Uzbekistan. The authors emphasize the importance of analysis of the medical history of the patients presenting with the pathology being considered, their medical examination, and correct interpretation of X-ray images of the paranasal sinuses taking into account the possibility of distribution of rare helminth species beyond their usual ranges.
