Spadigam Anita, Dhupar Anita, Syed Shaheen, Sawant Poonam Ramnath
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Goa Dental College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, India.
Trop Parasitol. 2018 Jul-Dec;8(2):110-113. doi: 10.4103/tp.TP_49_18. Epub 2018 Dec 27.
Zoonotic filarial infections particularly dirofilariasis have been reported worldwide. The route of transmission to human beings is vector-borne through mosquitoes. Increased mosquito activity subsequent to global warming has influenced the transmission of dirofilarial infection in many geographic regions, including Asia. Dirofilariasis presents as mucocutaneous and pulmonary infections. Dirofilarial infections rarely manifest in the oral and perioral region and can pose to be a diagnostic challenge to clinicians. We report the first case of oral dirofilariasis in Goa, India.
人畜共患丝状虫感染，尤其是犬恶丝虫病，已在全球范围内被报道。人类的传播途径是通过蚊子进行病媒传播。全球变暖后蚊子活动增加，影响了包括亚洲在内的许多地理区域的犬恶丝虫感染传播。犬恶丝虫病表现为皮肤黏膜和肺部感染。犬恶丝虫感染很少在口腔和口周区域表现出来，可能给临床医生带来诊断挑战。我们报告了印度果阿邦首例口腔犬恶丝虫病病例。
