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.
Hyperendemic Dirofilaria immitis infection in a sheltered dog population. An expanding threat in the Mediterranean region / Panarese, R.; Iatta, R.; Latrofa, M. S.; Zatelli, A.; Ignjatovic Cupina, A.; Montarsi, F.; Pombi, M.; Mendoza-Roldan, J. A.; Beugnet, F.; Otranto, D.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY. - ISSN 0020-7519. - 50:8(2020), pp. 555-559. [10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.04.002]
Hyperendemic Dirofilaria immitis infection in a sheltered dog population. An expanding threat in the Mediterranean region
Montarsi F.;Pombi M.;
2020
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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.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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