Patel Rupal, Singh Suman, Bhavsar Samir
Department of Microbiology, PS Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat, India.
Indian J Ophthalmol. 2014 May;62(5):649-51. doi: 10.4103/0301-4738.118442.
Dirofilariasis is a worldwide zoonotic filariasis with over 782 cases reported so far from different parts of the world. Human dirofilariasis, caused by Dirofilaria repens, have been reported to occur widely throughout Asia, Europe, and Africa. It has not been widely recognized in India, however; several cases have been reported in last few years. There is probably a focus of human infection with D. repens in Kerala. Herein, we present a review of human infections by D. repens, along with a case report of subconjunctival dirofilariasis from rural part of Gujarat.
犬恶丝虫病是一种全球性的人畜共患丝虫病，迄今为止，世界各地已报告了782多例病例。由匐行恶丝虫引起的人类犬恶丝虫病已报告在亚洲、欧洲和非洲广泛发生。然而，在印度它尚未得到广泛认可；在过去几年中报告了几例病例。在喀拉拉邦可能存在一个人类感染匐行恶丝虫的疫源地。在此，我们对匐行恶丝虫引起的人类感染进行综述，并报告一例来自古吉拉特邦农村地区的结膜下犬恶丝虫病病例。
