Human infection with dirofilarial repens in Malaysia
Human dirofilariasis is a rare infection in Malaysia. Thus far, only two human cases have been reported viz. Dirofilaria immitis and D. (Nochtiella) repens and in both instances, adult worms were recovered from infected patients. The two cases reported in the present study, one from Melaka and the o...
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my.um.eprints.244842021-03-24T01:46:07Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/24484/ Human infection with dirofilarial repens in Malaysia Shekhar, K.C. Pathmanathan, R. Krishnan, R. R Medicine Human dirofilariasis is a rare infection in Malaysia. Thus far, only two human cases have been reported viz. Dirofilaria immitis and D. (Nochtiella) repens and in both instances, adult worms were recovered from infected patients. The two cases reported in the present study, one from Melaka and the other from Penang, were diagnosed histologically. Based on the diagnostic criteria for identifying Dirofilaria in tissue sections, the parasites were identified as D. (Nochtiella) repens. Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya 1996-12 Article PeerReviewed Shekhar, K.C. and Pathmanathan, R. and Krishnan, R. (1996) Human infection with dirofilarial repens in Malaysia. Journal of the University of Malaya Medical Centre (JUMMEC), 1 (2). p. 58. ISSN 1823-7339 https://jummec.um.edu.my/issue/view/661/Vol.1%2C%20No.2%2C%201996 |
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Human dirofilariasis is a rare infection in Malaysia. Thus far, only two human cases have been reported viz. Dirofilaria immitis and D. (Nochtiella) repens and in both instances, adult worms were recovered from infected patients. The two cases reported in the present study, one from Melaka and the other from Penang, were diagnosed histologically. Based on the diagnostic criteria for identifying Dirofilaria in tissue sections, the parasites were identified as D. (Nochtiella) repens. |
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Human infection with dirofilarial repens in Malaysia |
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Human infection with dirofilarial repens in Malaysia |
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