Open AccessOCULAR DIROFILARIASIS CASES IN A TEMPERATE ZONE
Author(s) -
Nataliya G. Zumbulidze,
Nataliya G. Zumbulidze,
В М Хокканен,
В М Хокканен,
F O Kasimov,
Farhod O. Kasymov
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
vestnik severo-zapadnogo gosudarstvennogo medicinskogo universiteta im. i.i. mečnikova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2618-9704
pISSN - 2618-7116
DOI - 10.17816/mechnikov201792125-130
Subject(s) - dirofilaria repens , dirofilariasis , temperate climate , dirofilaria , repens , russian federation , parasitic infection , biology , helminths , dirofilaria immitis , pathology , medicine , geography , ecology , zoology , immunology , botany , regional science
Over the last years, there is a pronounced tendency of increase in number of dirofilariasis infected animals and humans in the temperate climate area. In the article, four clinical cases of ocular dirofila- riasis are presented, diagnosed in ural and North-Western Regions of the Russian Federation. upon larvoscopic examination, dirofilaria Repens immature female was identified in all cases.