HUMAN DIROFILARIASIS: CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES OF THE PATHOGEN

• Published in: Meditsinskaia parazitologiia i parazitarnye bolezni no. 2; p. 3
• Main Authors: Supryaga, V G, Morozova, L F, Rakova, V M, Morozov, E N, Sergiev, V P, Ivanova, T N, Turbabina, N A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Russia (Federation) 01-04-2017
• Subjects: Animals; Dirofilaria immitis - genetics; Dirofilaria immitis - isolation & purification; Dirofilaria immitis - pathogenicity; Dirofilaria repens - genetics; Dirofilaria repens - growth & development; Dirofilaria repens - isolation & purification; Dirofilaria repens - pathogenicity; Dirofilariasis - diagnosis; Dirofilariasis - genetics; Dirofilariasis - parasitology; Dirofilariasis - transmission; Dog Diseases - diagnosis; Dog Diseases - genetics; Dog Diseases - parasitology; Dog Diseases - transmission; Dogs; Female; Humans; Infant; Male; Moscow; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Moscow
• ISSN: 0025-8326

To seek medical advice is due to the time when a person has become infected during the infection transmission season (July-August) and the duration of development of the pathogen Dirofilaria (N.) repens in his/her body Clinical manifes- tations occurred in 61% of the patients 6-10 months after infection, as confirmed by the maximum body sizes (125-160 mm) of removed females which have reached puberty. PCR-based diagnosis in conjunction with microscopic studies improves the efficiency of identifying the patients and the species of the pathogens D.repens and D.immitis. The use of these methods for the first time in 2016 could confirm D.immitis infestation in a 14-month-old infant living in the Solnechnogorsk District, Moscow Region.