Dirofilaria repens
Recent advances on Dirofilaria repens in dogs and humans in Europe
... Dirofilaria repens is a nematode affecting domestic and wild canids, transmitted by several species of ...D. repens has increased in prevalence in areas where it has already been reported and its ...
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Dirofilaria repens microfilariae from a human node fine needle aspirate: a case report
... the Dirofilaria repens infection, it is usually characterized by the occurrence, 2–12 months after the L3 penetration, of a single subcutaneous nodule, often accompanied by local erythema, pruritus or ...
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Circulation of Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, Romania
... Dirofilaria repens and Dirofilaria immitis are the causal agents of dirofilariosis in Europe ...D. repens in dogs are mainly detected in sub- cutaneous tissues with considerably milder ...
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Dirofilaria repens infection in a dog imported to Norway
... Dirofilaria repens infection was diagnosed in a dog that had been imported to Norway from Hungary three years ...D. repens diagnosis. Subcutaneous dirofilariosis caused by D. repens is ...
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Development of Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens in Aedes japonicus and Aedes geniculatus
... nematodes Dirofilaria immitis (Leidy, 1856) and Dirofilaria repens (Railliet & Henry, 1911) primarily affect dogs but also cats, causing cardio- pulmonary (heartworm disease) or subcutaneous ...
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Dirofilaria repens transmission in southeastern Finland
... these Dirofilaria species is not determined by the availability of the vectors but rather by the ability of microfilariae to mature into infectious larvae in the mosquito vector [8–10], as maturation is ...
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Heat treatment and false positive heartworm antigen testing in ex vivo parasites and dogs naturally infected by Dirofilaria repens and Angiostrongylus vasorum
... of Dirofilaria immitis, Dirofilaria repens, Toxocara canis, Toxocara cati, Dipylidium caninum, Taenia taeniaeformis and Mesocestoides ...D. repens, living in areas free of heartworm disease, ...
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Circulation of Dirofilaria repens and Dirofilaria immitis in Moldova
... Dirofilaria repens and ...D. repens [38, 60 – 62] or co-circulation as also observed in Moldova [16, 39, 40, 43, 44, 49, 53, 58, ...D. repens than with ...both Dirofilaria species are ...
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Molecular xenomonitoring of Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens in mosquitoes from north eastern Italy by real time PCR coupled with melting curve analysis
... From May to October 2010, 43 carbon dioxide-baited traps were placed for the entomological monitoring of West Nile virus, introduced in this area since 2008 [35], in six provinces of Veneto region (north-eastern Italy). ...
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Dog filariosis in the Lazio region (Central Italy): first report on the presence of Dirofilaria repens
... In the present study canine filariosis was detected for the first time in the Lazio Region. Its prevalence is higher along the seacoast territory and, inner land, at the bound- ary with the Umbria Region. The etiological ...
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Subcutaneous dirofilariosis (Dirofilaria repens): an infection spreading throughout the old world
... D. repens has a long pre-patent period (170–238 days) [7], although in a recent experimental study the first microfilariae were found in the bloodstream on day 164 post infection ...
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Field clinical study evaluating the efficacy and safety of an oral formulation containing milbemycin oxime/praziquantel (Milbemax®, Novartis Animal Health) in the chemoprevention of the zoonotic canine infection by Dirofilaria repens
... D. repens is spread- ing into geographic areas previously free of this para- site and the number of clinical cases of ...D. repens in dogs and humans is also rising in areas where canine heartworm ...
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Dirofilaria repens: emergence of autochthonous human infections in the Czech Republic (case reports)
... D. repens male 50– 70 mm, female 100–170 ...classify Dirofilaria species. In turn, both of the Dirofilaria species occurring in Europe could easily be distinguished by their different distribu- tion ...
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Dirofilaria repens in dogs and humans in Lithuania
... D. repens in Lithu- ania [16, ...D. repens in Lithuanian mosquitoes, therefore further investigation is needed for accurate determination of competent vec- tors for ...D. repens in ...
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Molecular detection of Dirofilaria immitis, Dirofilaria repens and Setaria tundra in mosquitoes from Germany
... With progressing globalization and climate change, the risk of the introduction of zoonotic D. immitis and D. repens from endemic areas in southern Europe to previ- ously infection-free areas in northern Europe ...
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Canine vector borne infections in Mauritius
... Curiously, one of the dogs was negative for the D. immi- tis antigen, but had visible microfilariae on microscopic examination. This may be explained by a false negative serological result (sensitivity of 99.0%- SNAP 4Dx ...
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Dirofilaria immitis in pinnipeds and a new host record
... Although pinnipeds are aquatic mammals, they spend large periods of their life in terrestrial environments, and are therefore exposed to mosquito bites. As in the present survey, D. immitis could also occur in other ...
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Dirofilariosis in the Americas: a more virulent Dirofilaria immitis?
... genus Dirofilaria, which are transmitted by a plethora of mosquito ...is Dirofilaria immitis, which may also occasionally infest humans, resulting in pulmonary nodules that may be confounded with malignant ...
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Proceedings of 6th European Dirofilaria and Angiostrongylus Days
... D. repens) are vector-borne parasitic diseases mainly of dogs and ...D. repens in dogs and ...D. repens, ...year. Dirofilaria immitis infections were ob- served above all in the northern and ...
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Vector borne helminths of dogs and humans in Europe
... by Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens are key examples of the success of VBH spreading into non-endemic areas, another example is represented by Thelazia callipaeda eyeworm, an emergent ...
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