Human Pulmonary Dirofilariasis,
North Queensland, Australia, 2023¹.

Authors

Kimberley Murray, Emily Grahn, Andrew Stacey, Carly Hughes, Harsha Sheorey, Constantin Constantinoiu, Leslie Kuma, Richard S Bradbury

Published in

Emerging infectious diseases. Volume 32. Issue 7. Pages 1196-1198.

Abstract

Dirofilaria nematodes, a common cause of canine filarial disease, are increasingly recognized as emerging human pathogens. We report a case of human pulmonary dirofilariasis in the lung of a man from Northern Australia with pulmonary adenocarcinoma. This case highlights the risk for zoonotic transmission in regions with high canine heartworm prevalence.

PMID:
42366167
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 29 Jun 2026.

Read full publication at:
Please sign in to see all details.

Stats

1-terrible, 9-excellent. How would you rate this publication? Sign in in to submit your rating.

Post a comment

You need to be signed in to post comments. You can sign in here.

Comments

There are no comments yet.