Human infection with dirofilarial repens in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Shekhar, K.C., Pathmanathan, R., Krishnan, R.
• Format: Article
• Published: Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya 1996
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/24484/; https://jummec.um.edu.my/issue/view/661/Vol.1%2C%20No.2%2C%201996

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 o...