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On the Second Case of Human Infection with Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) repens from Ceylon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

W. D. Ratnavale  and
A. S. Dissanaike
W. D. Ratnavale
Affiliation:
Pathologist, General Hospital, Colombo
A. S. Dissanaike
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, University of Ceylon
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A male specimen of Dirofilaria (Nochliella) repens has been recovered from the skin of the right upper arm of a patient from Colombo, Ceylon who manifested signs and symptoms of bancroftian filariasis and had microfilariae in his peripheral blood. This is the second case of Dirofilaria infection reported from man in Ceylon.

Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 38 , Issue 3-4 , December 1964 , pp. 287 - 290
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1964

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