Dirofilariasis

Dirofilariasis

Comparison of probable Dirofilaria repens (left) and Dirofilaria immitis (right)
Classification and external resources
Specialty	infectious disease
ICD-10	B74.8
ICD-9-CM	125.6
DiseasesDB	31226
eMedicine	article/236698
MeSH	D004184

Dirofilariasis is an infection by parasites in the Dirofilaria genus.

It can be caused by:

Blood fluke	Schistosoma mansoni/japonicum/mekongi/haematobium Schistosomiasis Trichobilharzia regenti Swimmer's itch

Liver fluke	Clonorchis sinensis Clonorchiasis Dicrocoelium dendriticum/Dicrocoelium hospes Dicrocoeliasis Fasciola hepatica/gigantica Fasciolosis Opisthorchis viverrini/Opisthorchis felineus Opisthorchiasis

Lung fluke	Paragonimus westermani/Paragonimus kellicotti Paragonimiasis

Intestinal fluke	Fasciolopsis buski Fasciolopsiasis Metagonimus yokagawai Metagonimiasis Heterophyes heterophyes Heterophyiasis

Cyclophyllidea	Echinococcus granulosus/Echinococcus multilocularis Echinococcosis Taenia saginata/Taenia asiatica/Taenia solium (pork) Taeniasis/Cysticercosis Hymenolepis nana/Hymenolepis diminuta Hymenolepiasis

Pseudophyllidea	Diphyllobothrium latum Diphyllobothriasis Spirometra erinaceieuropaei Sparganosis Diphyllobothrium mansonoides Sparganosis

Filarioidea (Filariasis)	Onchocerca volvulus Onchocerciasis Loa loa Loa loa filariasis Mansonella Mansonelliasis Dirofilaria repens Dirofilariasis Wuchereria bancrofti/Brugia malayi/Brugia timori Lymphatic filariasis

Thelazioidea	Gnathostoma spinigerum/Gnathostoma hispidum Gnathostomiasis Thelazia Thelaziasis

Spiruroidea	Gongylonema

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