Recent advances on Dirofilaria repens in dogs and humans in Europe

Recent advances on Dirofilaria repens in dogs and humans in Europe

Abstract Dirofilaria repens is a nematode affecting domestic and wild canids, transmitted by several species of mosquitoes. It usually causes a non-pathogenic subcutaneous infection in dogs and is the principal agent of human dirofilariosis in the Old World. In the last decades, D. repens has increa...

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Main Authors: Gioia Capelli, Claudio Genchi, Gad Baneth, Patrick Bourdeau, Emanuele Brianti, Luís Cardoso, Patrizia Danesi, Hans-Peter Fuehrer, Alessio Giannelli, Angela Monica Ionică, Carla Maia, David Modrý, Fabrizio Montarsi, Jürgen Krücken, Elias Papadopoulos, Dušan Petrić, Martin Pfeffer, Sara Savić, Domenico Otranto, Sven Poppert, Cornelia Silaghi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Dirofilaria repens
Vector-borne infections
Mosquitoes
Zoonosis
Emergent parasite
One Health
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-018-3205-x

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