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

• Main Authors: Archana Chintaman Choure (Author), Meghna Satish Palewar (Author), Vaishali Babanrao Dohe (Author), Swati Shankarrao Mudshingkar (Author), K Madhuri (Author), Renu Satish Bharadwaj (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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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 d...