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Volume 28, Number 12—December 2022
Dispatch

Severe and Rare Case of Human Dirofilaria repens Infection with Pleural and Subcutaneous Manifestations, Slovenia

Helena Biasizzo1Comments to Author , Barbara Šoba, Frosina Ilovski, Matevž Harlander, Matej Lukin, Olga Blatnik, Matjaž Turel, Matevž Srpčič, Izidor Kern, and Bojana Beović
Author affiliations: University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia (H. Biasizzo, F. Ilovski, M. Harlander, M. Lukin, M. Turel, M. Srpčič, B. Beović); University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana (B. Šoba); Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana (O. Blatnik); University Clinic Golnik, Golnik, Slovenia (I. Kern)

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Figure 3

Phylogenetic tree of cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene from a partial sequence of the Dirofilaria repens isolate from a woman in Slovenia (bold) and from closely related sequences of European D. repens isolates retrieved from GenBank. Tree was generated by the maximum-likelihood method based on a general time reversible model. A discrete gamma distribution was used to model evolutionary rate differences among sites (5 categories, parameter = 0.1737). Values on the branches are percentage bootstrap values using 1,000 replicates. GenBank accession number and host and geographic location are indicated at each node. DNA sequence of D. immitis parasite was used as an outgroup. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.

Figure 3. Phylogenetic tree of cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene from a partial sequence of the Dirofilaria repens isolate from a woman in Slovenia (bold) and from closely related sequences of European D. repens isolates retrieved from GenBank. Tree was generated by the maximum-likelihood method based on a general time reversible model. A discrete gamma distribution was used to model evolutionary rate differences among sites (5 categories, parameter = 0.1737). Values on the branches are percentage bootstrap values using 1,000 replicates. GenBank accession number and host and geographic location are indicated at each node. DNA sequence of D. immitis parasite was used as an outgroup. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.

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1Current affiliation: General Hospital, Novo Mesto, Slovenia.

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