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ecj-14431	Barakat, Massimo; Marcucci, Matteo	A worrying dance in the subcutaneous adipose tissue	2025	2	.pdf	application/pdf	974	67	47	Dirofilariasis is a vector-borne parasitic disease caused by filarioid nematodes of the genus Dirofilaria, transmitted by various mosquito species of the family Culicidae (Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Ochlerotatus, Coquillettidia or Mansonia).1 These nema- todes naturally infect dogs, cats and/or some wild carnivores, and humans have long been considered accidental “dead-end” hosts, because these parasites do not usually reach sexual maturity in human tissues.1 Based on its location, human dirofilariasis is clas- sified into three forms: ocular,2 subcutaneous and pulmonary.3 Subcutaneous dirofilariasis 3.	cache/ecj-14431.pdf	txt/ecj-14431.txt