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Volume 24, Number 9—September 2018
Research Letter

Dirofilaria repens Nematode Infection with Microfilaremia in Traveler Returning to Belgium from Senegal

Idzi PottersComments to Author , Gaëlle Vanfraechem, and Emmanuel Bottieau
Author affiliations: Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium (I. Potters, E. Bottieau); Centre Hospitalier Interrégional Edith Cavell Hospital Group, Brussels, Belgium (G. Vanfraechem)

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Dirofilaria repens adult worm isolated from the right conjunctiva of a 76-year-old man who returned to Belgium from Senegal, and microfilaria detected by using the Knott test. A) Macroscopic image of the adult. B) Microscopic image of the adult cuticle, showing the typical longitudinal ridges. Scale bar indicates 200 μm. C) Eggs in utero, indicating that the adult is a gravid female worm. Scale bar indicates 50 μm. Panel C has been cropped and contrast was increased to improve visibility of eggs

Figure. Dirofilaria repens adult worm isolated from the right conjunctiva of a 76-year-old man who returned to Belgium from Senegal, and microfilaria detected by using the Knott test. A) Macroscopic image of the adult. B) Microscopic image of the adult cuticle, showing the typical longitudinal ridges. Scale bar indicates 200 μm. C) Eggs in utero, indicating that the adult is a gravid female worm. Scale bar indicates 50 μm. Panel C has been cropped and contrast was increased to improve visibility of eggs. D) Microfilaria found in the blood of the patient. In a Knott test, microfilariae usually appear stretched out and slightly longer than those observed in a Giemsa-stained blood film. Scale bar indicates 100 μm.

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