Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Zootecnia, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Bari, Bari, Italy.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 May;17(5):863-6. doi: 10.3201/eid1705.100916.
A case of human intraocular dirofilariasis is reported from northern Brazil. The nematode was morphologically and phylogenetically related to Dirofilaria immitis but distinct from reference sequences, including those of D. immitis infesting dogs in the same area. A zoonotic Dirofilaria species infesting wild mammals in Brazil and its implications are discussed.
巴西北部报告了一例人类眼内旋毛虫病。该线虫在形态和系统发育上与犬心丝虫有关,但与包括同一地区感染犬的犬心丝虫参考序列不同。讨论了在巴西感染野生动物的人畜共患旋毛虫种及其意义。