Nõupuu Kalev, Mõtsküla Maare, Pulges Riina, Pauklin Mikk, Saarma Urmas
Emerg Infect Dis. 2025 Sep;31(9):1854-1857. doi: 10.3201/eid3109.241890.
Mosquitoborne diseases are a growing threat to public health worldwide. Human dirofilariasis, caused by the nematode Dirofilaria repens and transmitted by mosquitoes from various genera, has recently expanded into new areas of Europe. In this article, we report molecularly confirmed autochthonous human D. repens infections in Estonia.
蚊媒疾病对全球公共卫生构成的威胁日益严重。由线虫匐行恶丝虫引起、通过多种属蚊子传播的人类恶丝虫病,最近已扩展到欧洲的新地区。在本文中,我们报告了在爱沙尼亚经分子学确认的本地匐行恶丝虫人类感染病例。