Dirofilaria repens infection case in Hungary: A case report;Ein Dirofilaria repens fallbericht aus Ungarn

JDDG - Journal of the German Society of Dermatology

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1051-1053

  Pónyai, Katinka ^a   Wikonkál, Norbert ^a   Bottlik, Gyula ^a   Hársing, Judit ^a   Kucsera, István ^b   Horváth, Attila ^a   Kárpáti, Sarolta ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Johan Béla Center for Epidemiology and Parasitology

Author keywords

Dirofilaria repens; Painless mobile nodus; Subcutaneous swelling; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HUNGARY; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; RARE DISEASE; SKIN INFILTRATE; SKIN NODULE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; URTICARIA; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIASIS; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZOONOSES;

EID: 33845576950     PISSN: 16100379     EISSN: 16100387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1610-0387.2006.06056.x     Document Type: Article

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