Singh R, Shwetha J V, Samantaray J C, Bando G
Department of Microbiology, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi - 110 029, India.
Indian J Med Microbiol. 2010 Jan-Mar;28(1):75-7. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.58739.
Human dirofilariasis is a zoonotic infection most commonly caused by Dirofilaria repens. It has not been widely recognized in India. There is probably a focus of human infection with D. repens in Kerala. We report the first case of dirofilariasis, from the Eastern-part of India, to the best of our knowledge. Among the documented cases of human dirofilariasis caused by D. repens, recorded in India, most of them had ocular infections and few had subcutaneous involvement of the face. This is the first case report of human dirofilariasis from India involving the lower part of human body.
人体盘尾丝虫病是一种人畜共患感染病，最常见的病因是匐行恶丝虫。在印度，这种疾病尚未得到广泛认知。喀拉拉邦可能存在人体感染匐行恶丝虫的疫源地。据我们所知，我们报告了印度东部地区首例盘尾丝虫病病例。在印度记录的由匐行恶丝虫引起的人体盘尾丝虫病病例中，大多数患者患有眼部感染，仅有少数患者面部出现皮下感染。这是印度首例涉及人体下部的人体盘尾丝虫病病例报告。
