Subconjunctival dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria repens: A case report with short review | Zendy

Archana Chintaman Choure | Zendy; MeghnaSatish Palewar | Zendy; VaishaliBabanrao Dohe | Zendy; SwatiShankarrao Mudshingkar | Zendy; Karanam Madhuri | Zendy; Renu Bharadwaj | Zendy

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Subconjunctival dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria repens: A case report with short review

Author(s) -

Archana Chintaman Choure,

MeghnaSatish Palewar,

VaishaliBabanrao Dohe,

SwatiShankarrao Mudshingkar,

Karanam Madhuri,

Renu Bharadwaj

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

indian journal of pathology and microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 0974-5130

pISSN - 0377-4929

DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.162866

Subject(s) - dirofilaria repens , dirofilariasis , dirofilaria , repens , parasitic infection , biology , veterinary medicine , helminths , medicine , dirofilaria immitis , zoology , botany , immunology

Human dirofilariasis is a rare infection caused by filarial worms of genus Dirofilaria. Subconjunctival dirofilariasis has been reported from Asia, Europe, Italy and Africa. In India majority cases are from Kerala, Karnataka and very few from Maharashtra. We report the rare case of subconjunctival dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria repens from Maharashtra, western India.

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