First detection of human dirofilariasis in South Africa

• Main Authors: Krishnee Moodley (Author), Chetna N. Govind (Author), Abdool K.C. Peer (Author), Marissa van der Westhuizen (Author), Dharmesh Parbhoo (Author), Lisa Ming Sun (Author), Desiree C. du Plessis (Author), John A. Frean (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Humans are occasionally inadvertently infected with dirofilariae, the zoonotic nematodes. We report two cases of human dirofilariasis in South Africa, an area apparently non-endemic for this infection. Dirofilariasis is frequently misdiagnosed, so increased awareness of this entity in areas that are...