{"title":"Dirofilariasis in the hiding in oral cavity of a patient from Karnataka, India.","authors":"Sreelatha Shankaran Veetil, Asem Ali Ashraf, Jerlin Koshy, Vimal Kumar Karnaker","doi":"10.4103/tp.tp_6_24","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>\"Human dirofilariasis, caused by filarial worms of the genus <i>Dirofilaria</i>, is considered an emerging zoonotic filarial infection transmitted to humans by zoo-anthropophilic blood-sucking insects. The most common <i>Dirofilaria</i> species causing human infections include <i>Dirofilaria repens</i> and <i>Dirofilaria immitis</i>. In this case report, we present the case of a 60-year-old male patient who reported the presence of an intraoral swelling in the right maxillary vestibular region. Upon excision of the lesion and further microscopic and histological examination, a female <i>Dirofilaria</i> was identified as the causative agent.\"</p>","PeriodicalId":37825,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Parasitology","volume":"14 2","pages":"115-117"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11473008/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Tropical Parasitology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4103/tp.tp_6_24","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/9/3 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
"Human dirofilariasis, caused by filarial worms of the genus Dirofilaria, is considered an emerging zoonotic filarial infection transmitted to humans by zoo-anthropophilic blood-sucking insects. The most common Dirofilaria species causing human infections include Dirofilaria repens and Dirofilaria immitis. In this case report, we present the case of a 60-year-old male patient who reported the presence of an intraoral swelling in the right maxillary vestibular region. Upon excision of the lesion and further microscopic and histological examination, a female Dirofilaria was identified as the causative agent."
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Tropical Parasitology, a publication of Indian Academy of Tropical Parasitology, is a peer-reviewed online journal with Semiannual print on demand compilation of issues published. The journal’s full text is available online at www.tropicalparasitology.org. The journal allows free access (Open Access) to its contents and permits authors to self-archive final accepted version of the articles on any OAI-compliant institutional / subject-based repository. The journal will cover technical and clinical studies related to health, ethical and social issues in field of parasitology. Articles with clinical interest and implications will be given preference.
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