Serological diagnosis of subcutaneous dirofilariosis
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
- Vol. 20 (1) , 19-21
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2230.1995.tb01276.x
Abstract
We present serological evidence that Dirofilaria immitis was the causative agent of subcutaneous nodules in two patients. ELISA and enzyme‐linked immunoblot analysis showed that the two human sera had a reactivity pattern similar to that of D. immitis rabbit immune serum. The reaction pattern of the human sera was very different to that of Dirofilaria repens rabbit immune serum. In the light of our findings, the traditional view that subcutaneous filarial nodules are due to D. repens has to be revised.Keywords
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