A case of autochthonous human Dirofilaria infection, Germany, March 2014

In March 2014, an infection with the nematode Dirofilaria repens was diagnosed in a German citizen in the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt. The patient had developed an itching subcutaneous nodule containing a female worm, which was identified as D. repens by 12S ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) gene...

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Published in:	Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles Vol. 19; no. 17; pp. 2 - 4
Main Authors:	Tappe, D, Plauth, M, Bauer, T, Muntau, B, Dießel, L, Tannich, E, Herrmann-Trost, P
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sweden Centre Europeen pour la Surveillance Epidemiologique du SIDA (European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS) 01-05-2014
Subjects:	Adult Animals Dirofilaria repens - genetics Dirofilaria repens - isolation & purification Dirofilariasis - diagnosis DNA, Helminth - genetics Female Genes, rRNA Germany Humans Mosquitoes Nematodes Patients Polymerase Chain Reaction Ribonucleic acid RNA Sequence Analysis Subcutaneous Tissue - parasitology Subcutaneous Tissue - pathology Worms Germany
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Summary:	In March 2014, an infection with the nematode Dirofilaria repens was diagnosed in a German citizen in the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt. The patient had developed an itching subcutaneous nodule containing a female worm, which was identified as D. repens by 12S ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) gene sequencing. Autochthonous human D. repens infections have not been described in Germany so far, but this finding is consistent with the recent detection of D. repens in mosquitoes from east Germany.
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ISSN:	1560-7917 1025-496X 1560-7917
DOI:	10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.17.20790