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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Helminths > Nematoda > Chromadorea > Spirurida > Filarioidea > Dirofilaria > Dirofilaria repens

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Dirofilaria repens  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • infection = DIROFILARIASIS

Scope note

  • A filarial parasite primarily affecting dogs and cats, but causing an emerging zoonosis in humans involving subcutaneous lesions. It is transmitted by MOSQUITOES.

History note

  • 2012

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D060348

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