Increasing Risks of Human Dirofilariasis in Travelers

ConclusionsTravel medicine clinicians must remain vigilant regarding the possibilities of human pulmonary dirofilariasis when solitary “coin lesions” appear on screening chest X‐rays or abdominal neuroimaging studies in asymptomatic patients without peripheral hypereosinophilia. The least invasive diagnostic methods are recommended. Future investigations should focus on conducting active epidemiological surveillance for dirofilariasis in humans and animals; on improving canine dirofilarial chemoprophylaxis; and on developing new, rapid molecular methods for diagnosing and differentiating human dirofilarial infections.
Source: Journal of Travel Medicine - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: REVIEW Source Type: research