[Two clinical cases of zoonotic filariasis probably caused by Dirofilaria repens: I. Passage of the nematode under the bulbar conjunctiva. II. Subcutaneous abscessed nodule].
Two new human cases of zoonotic filariasis are reported, one subconjunctival and the other subcutaneous, occurred both in 67 and 73 year-old women, respectively, living in the provinces of Alexandria and Pavia (Northern Italy). The morphology of the nematodes could not be examined. Nevertheless, the anamnesis, the course of infection, the symptomatology and the geographic area where the cases occurred, suggested that they were associated with Dirofilaria repens.