Hyperendemic Dirofilaria immitis infection in a sheltered dog population: an expanding threat in the Mediterranean region
| Autor: | A. Zatelli, Fabrizio Montarsi, Frederic Beugnet, Aleksandra Ignjatović Ćupina, Maria Stefania Latrofa, Domenico Otranto, Roberta Iatta, Marco Pombi, Jairo Alfonso Mendoza-Roldan, Rossella Panarese |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0301 basic medicine Mediterranean climate Veterinary medicine Endemic Diseases Dirofilaria immitis 030231 tropical medicine Population Mosquito Vectors 03 medical and health sciences Dogs 0302 clinical medicine parasitic diseases Culex pipiens Prevalence Animals emerging disease dirofilaria repens Dog Diseases education education.field_of_study High prevalence biology Mediterranean Region dirofilaria immitis vector biology.organism_classification Dirofilaria repens 030104 developmental biology Infectious Diseases Italy Vector (epidemiology) Parasitology Dirofilariasis |
| Zdroj: | International Journal for Parasitology. 50:555-559 |
| ISSN: | 0020-7519 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.04.002 |
| Popis: | A study on the occurrence of Dirofilaria immitis and its vectors was carried out in order to assess the prevalence of the disease in dogs in previously non-endemic areas of southern Italy. Blood samples (n = 385) and mosquitoes (n = 1540) were collected in two dog shelters and analysed by Knott’s test and duplex real-time PCR, respectively. Dirofilaria immitis was the most prevalent filarioid (44.2%), while Culex pipiens was the most prevalent mosquito species (68.8%). This high prevalence of D. immitis infection confirms this location as one of the most hyperendemic foci of dirofilariosis in Europe. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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