Image diagnosis of zoonotic onchocercosis by Onchocerca lupi
| Autor: | Luís Cardoso, Alessio Giannelli, Eyad Abu Assad, Antonio Vito Francesco Di Bello, Carmela Valastro, Giancarlo Di Paola, Mario Ricciardi, Diana Lenoci, Riccardo Paolo Lia, Filipe Dantas-Torres, Helder Cortes, Domenico Otranto, Bronwyn E. Campbell, Delia Franchini, Leonardo Cavaliere |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Ultrasound scan Onchocerca lupi Computed tomography Biology Eye Dogs Onchocerciasis Ocular parasitic diseases medicine Animals Dog Diseases Ultrasonography integumentary system General Veterinary medicine.diagnostic_test General Medicine Magnetic Resonance Imaging Image diagnosis Onchocercosis Female Parasitology Onchocerca Tomography X-Ray Computed |
| Zdroj: | Veterinary Parasitology. 203:91-95 |
| ISSN: | 0304-4017 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.03.007 |
| Popis: | Onchocerca lupi, a zoonotic nematode infecting the eyes of carnivores, has been increasingly reported in dogs from Europe and the USA. In order to improve the current status of knowledge on this neglected filarioid, diagnostic imaging tools (i.e., ultrasound scan, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging) are herein used to diagnose canine onchocercosis in two dogs, which scored positive for O. lupi microfilariae at the skin snip test and to assess the anatomical location of the nematode within the ocular apparatus. Results indicate that ultrasound tools are useful to address the diagnosis of O. lupi in dogs and to evaluate the localization of nodules or cysts containing the adult nematode. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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