Microfilaria in Human Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis: A Case Report
Human subcutaneous dirofilariasis, a rare zoonosis is being increasingly reported from various parts of the world. Most of the reported cases have lesions in and around the eye. The adult female dirofilariae release microfilaria into the definitive host’s blood. Various mosquitoes that serve as in...
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| description | Human subcutaneous dirofilariasis, a rare zoonosis is being increasingly reported from various parts of the world. Most of the reported cases
have lesions in and around the eye. The adult female dirofilariae release microfilaria into the definitive host’s blood. Various mosquitoes
that serve as intermediate hosts such as Culex, Aedes and Anopheles take up the microfilariae (mf-L1) while feeding on an infected host.
Microfilariae develop in the mosquitoes. The transmission to dogs or other hosts including humans occurs through mosquito bite during
subsequent blood meal. Humans may be infected as aberrant (accidental) hosts, mainly by D. repens and D. immitis. D. repens usually
resides subcutaneously, while D. immitis frequently ends up in the human lung. In human infections usually just one larva develops, which
does not reach sexual maturity. In India, almost all reported cases of dirofilariasis in humans have involvement of face in the form of ocular
dirofilariasis with a few reports on subcutaneous dirofilariasis. We report a case of human subcutaneous dirofilariasis, from western India,
involving leg and showing microfilaria in tissue indicating presence of gravid female dirofilaria (sexual maturity). To the best of our knowledge,
it is among rare cases of subcutaneous dirofilariasis wherein microfilariae have developed in human host. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-13efff412344485f8fff35af821ed6472022-12-21T19:23:18ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2014-03-018311311410.7860/JCDR/2013/6886.4123Microfilaria in Human Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis: A Case ReportAjit Shriram Damle0Jyoti Anil Iravane (Bajaj)1Mukta Nagorao Khaparkhuntikar2Ganesh Tarachand Maher3Rajashri Vilasrao Patil4Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India.Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India.Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India.Resident, Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India.Resident, Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India.Human subcutaneous dirofilariasis, a rare zoonosis is being increasingly reported from various parts of the world. Most of the reported cases have lesions in and around the eye. The adult female dirofilariae release microfilaria into the definitive host’s blood. Various mosquitoes that serve as intermediate hosts such as Culex, Aedes and Anopheles take up the microfilariae (mf-L1) while feeding on an infected host. Microfilariae develop in the mosquitoes. The transmission to dogs or other hosts including humans occurs through mosquito bite during subsequent blood meal. Humans may be infected as aberrant (accidental) hosts, mainly by D. repens and D. immitis. D. repens usually resides subcutaneously, while D. immitis frequently ends up in the human lung. In human infections usually just one larva develops, which does not reach sexual maturity. In India, almost all reported cases of dirofilariasis in humans have involvement of face in the form of ocular dirofilariasis with a few reports on subcutaneous dirofilariasis. We report a case of human subcutaneous dirofilariasis, from western India, involving leg and showing microfilaria in tissue indicating presence of gravid female dirofilaria (sexual maturity). To the best of our knowledge, it is among rare cases of subcutaneous dirofilariasis wherein microfilariae have developed in human host.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/4123/35-%206886_E(Ra)_F(P)_PF1(PAK)_PFA(H)_PF2(PN).pdfmicrofilariadirofilariasishumansubcutaneous |
| spellingShingle | Ajit Shriram Damle Jyoti Anil Iravane (Bajaj) Mukta Nagorao Khaparkhuntikar Ganesh Tarachand Maher Rajashri Vilasrao Patil Microfilaria in Human Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis: A Case Report Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research microfilaria dirofilariasis human subcutaneous |
| title | Microfilaria in Human Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis: A Case Report |
| title_full | Microfilaria in Human Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Microfilaria in Human Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Microfilaria in Human Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis: A Case Report |
| title_short | Microfilaria in Human Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis: A Case Report |
| title_sort | microfilaria in human subcutaneous dirofilariasis a case report |
| topic | microfilaria dirofilariasis human subcutaneous |
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