Preliminary report on the prevalence of Angiostrongylus vasorum infection in dogs from Portugal adopting a commercially available test kit for serological analysis
| Autor: | Nuno M. Neves, Cláudio Mendão, Mónica Coimbra, Maria C. Fernandes, Carla Maia, Ana Patrícia Lopes, Pedro Silva, Mariana Dias, Inês Serrão, Telmo Nunes, Berta São Braz, Luís Cardoso, André Pereira, Lenea Campino, Ângela Martins, Joana Nogueira, Hugo Brancal, Manuel Dargent Figueiredo, Paulo F. P. Pimenta, Helder Cortes |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Veterinary medicine General Veterinary biology Angiostrongylus vasorum business.industry Dirofilaria immitis Test sensitivity Disease 030108 mycology & parasitology biology.organism_classification Serology 03 medical and health sciences Preliminary report Internal medicine Medicine Parasitology business |
| Zdroj: | Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports. :57-59 |
| ISSN: | 2405-9390 |
| Popis: | Canine angiostrongylosis, caused by the nematode Angiostrongylus vasorum, is an emerging and spreading disease with an increasing number of cases diagnosed in European countries in the last few years; nevertheless, little information is available in Portugal. The prevalence of A. vasorum antigens was assessed with a rapid test (Angio Detect™) in 400 dogs from four geographic areas of mainland Portugal. While an apparent prevalence of 0.0% was found, the true prevalence was estimated to lie between 0.0% and 0.3%, taking into account the non-absolute test sensitivity and specificity. Despite the low prevalence of A. vasorum infection in mainland Portugal, it will be important for veterinary clinicians to be aware of angiostrongylosis in order to consider it in the differential diagnosis of canine diseases (including cardiopulmonary dirofilariosis, caused by the heartworm Dirofilaria immitis). |
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