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Emerg Infect Dis
; 28(2): 482-485, 2022 02.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35076370
RESUMO
Dirofilaria immitis is a parasite related to pulmonary dirofilariasis in humans, its accidental hosts. We detected an autochthonous case of D. immitis infection in a woman from Slovakia. The emergence and spread of this parasite in Europe indicates a critical need for proper diagnosis of infection.