Prevalence of Dirofilaria repens in dogs living in deltaic coastal plain of the Volturno River (Italy): a geographical risk model of infection
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DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x22000062
Abstract: Abstract The prevalence of vector-associated parasitic infections is high in central-southern Italy. The deltaic coastal plain of the Volturno River has been suspected, by veterinary practitioners, to have a high accidental incidence of Dirofilaria repens.… read more here.
Keywords: deltaic coastal; plain volturno; prevalence; dirofilaria ... See more keywords
Detection of Dirofilaria DNA and host blood-meal identification in Culicoides paolae biting midges
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DOI: 10.1017/s0031182022000440
Abstract: Abstract Abstract The vectorial role of blood-sucking arthropods, other than mosquitoes, has been explored for Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens which are filarioids of increasing interest due to their zoonotic potential. Given the expansion of… read more here.
Keywords: biting midges; culicoides paolae; blood meal; dirofilaria ... See more keywords
Dirofilaria repens infection of the eye with concomitant microfilaremia in a traveler.
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DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taaa119
Abstract: Dirofilaria repens is the main causative agent of human and canine dirofilariosis. This form of zoonotic parasitosis usually manifests with an involvement of the skin or the eye. Human dirofilariosis is considered as an emerging… read more here.
Keywords: repens infection; eye concomitant; dirofilaria; dirofilaria repens ... See more keywords
Dirofilaria repens infection as a cause of intensive peripheral microfilariemia in a Polish patient: process description and cases review
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DOI: 10.1515/ap-2018-0077
Abstract: Dirofilariasis is a parasitic disease of dogs and other carnivores transmitted mainly by the mosquitoes of the genera Culex, Aedes, Anopheles. Full life cycle of the Dirofilaria nematodes in humans is extremely rarely observed, usually… read more here.
Keywords: repens infection; dirofilaria repens; dirofilaria; cause intensive ... See more keywords