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Human infection with Dirofilaria repens in Malaysia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

K.C. Shekhar ,
R. Pathmanathan  and
R. Krishnan
K.C. Shekhar
Affiliation:
Department of ParasitologyFaculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 59100, Malaysia
R. Pathmanathan
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 59100, Malaysia
R. Krishnan
Affiliation:
BP Clinical Laboratory Sdn Berhad, Penang, Malaysia
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Abstract

Human dirofilariasis is a rare infection in Malaysia. Thus far, only two human cases have been reported viz. Dirofilaria immitis and D. (Nochtiella) repens and in both instances, adult worms were recovered from infected patients. The two cases reported in the present study, one from Melaka and the other from Penang, were diagnosed histologically. Based on the diagnostic criteria for identifying Dirofilaria in tissue sections, the parasites were identified as D. (Nochtiella) repens.

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Research Papers
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 70 , Issue 3 , September 1996 , pp. 249 - 252
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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