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Subcutaneous dirofilariasis in Dalmatian region of Croatia

The zoonotic filariae in humans are found most commonly in the subcutaneous tissue, and the vast majority of them belongs to the genus Dirofilaria. The new cases of human dirofilariasis due to Dirofilaria repens have been increasingly reported in past few years, and this zoonosis has become the new emerging zoonosis in Mediterranean parts of Europe. We present here the five cases of human Dirofilaria repens subcutaneous nodules discovered in Dalmatian region of Croatia, with the emphasis on the pathohistological characteristics of parasite and host reactions.

dirofilariasis; dirofilaria repens; subcutaneous nodule

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