Dog filariosis in the Lazio region (Central Italy): First report on the presence of Dirofilaria repens

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Scaramozzino, Paola ^a   Gabrielli, Simona ^b   Di Paolo, Michele ^a   Sala, Marcello ^a   Scholl, Francesco ^a   Cancrini, Gabriella ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE REGIONI LAZIO E TOSCANA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DOG DISEASE; FILARIASIS; FOX; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ZOONOSIS; AGE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; ITALY; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 27244436079     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-5-75     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Rossi L, Pollono F, Meneguz PG, Gribaudo L, Balbo T: An epidemiological study of canine filarioses in north-west Italy: what has changed in 25 years? Vet Res 1996, 20 (4): 308-315.
2. Poglayen G, Martini M, Bomben L, Roda R: An updating of the occurrence of canine heartworm disease in northern Italy. Vet Res 1996, 20 (4): 303-307.
3. Petruschke G, Rossi L, Pollono F, Genchi C: Sulle filariosi canine in Provincia di Varese e nel basso Canton Ticino. Parassitologia 1998, 40, Suppl. 1: 133.
4. Pietrobelli M, Soldano F, Frangipane di Regalbono A, Bandera C: Filariosi cardiopolmonare del cane in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Obiettivi e documenti veterinari 1998, 1: 63-68.
5. Genchi C, Kramer LH, Prieto G: Epidemiology of canine and feline Dirofilariasis: a global view. In Heartworm infection in humans and animals. Edited by Simón F, Genchi C; Ediciones Universidad Salamanca; 2001: 121-133.
6. Doby JM, Couatarmanac'h A, Aznar C: Filarioses canines par Dirofilaria immitis (Ledy, 1856) et D.repens (Raillet & Henry 1911) dans l'ouest de la France. Bulletin Société Française Parasitologie 1986, 4:229-233.
7. Ortega-Mora LM,Gomez-Bautista M, Rojo-Vasquez F, Rodenas A, Guerriero J: Survey of the prevalence of canine filariasis in Spain. Prev Vet Med 1991, 2: 63-68.
8. Piergili Fioretti D, Diaferia M, Grelloni V, Maresca G: Canine filariosis in Umbria: an update of the occurrence one year after the first observation of autochtonous foci. Parassitologia 2003, 45: 79-83.
9. Pennisi MG, Furfaro N: La filariosi del cane in Sicilia. Obiettivi e documenti veterinari 1997, Suppl 3: 26-30.
10. Cringoli G, Rinaldi L, Veneziano V, Capelli G: A prevalence survey and risk analysis offilariosis in dogs from the Mt. Vesuvius area of southern Italy. Vet parasitol 2001, 13, 102(3): 243-52.
11. Kanev I, Kamenov I, Gauchev G, Prelezov P, Tzvetkov Y, Toncheva V, Halacheva M, Georgieva D, Vuchev D, Tanchev T, Slavova G: Dirofilaria repens and Dirofilaria immitis in animals and humans in Bulgaria. In VII EMOP Abstracts, Parassitologia 1996, 38, 1-2: 358
12. Bucklar H, Scheu U, Mossi R, Deplazes P: Breitet sich in der Sudschweiz die Dirofilariose beim Hund aus? Schweiz arch tierheilkd. 1998, 140: 255-260
13. Himonas C: Canine filariasis caused by Dirofilaria repens in Greece In VII EMOP Abstracts, Parassitologia 1996, 38, 1-2: 357
14. Chauve C: Importance in France of the infestation by Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) repens in dogs In VII EMOP Abstracts, Parassitologia 1996, 38, 1-2: 355
15. Lucientes J, Castillo JA: Present status of Dirofilaria repens in Spain In VII EMOP Abstracts, Parassitologia 1996, 38, 1-2: 358
16. Cancrini G, Allende E, Favia G, Bornay F, Anton F, Simon F: Canine dirofilariosis in two cities of southeastern Spain, Vet parasitol 2000, 92: 81-86
17. Marconcini A, Magi M: Incidenza della filariosi canina nella Maremma Grossetana. In Annuali Facoltà Medicina Veterinaria, Pisa, 1991, 44: 153-156.
18. Mantovani A, Tsaglis A: Ricerche sulla presenza di Dirofilaria repens nelle volpi di alcune province dell'Italia centrale. Parassitologia 1965, 7: 123-126.
19. Rawlings CA: Hearthworm in dogs and cats Edited by WB Saunders 1986: 212-218.
20. Euzeby J: Resultats du diagnostic hématologique. Critères généraux de diagnose des microfilaires.In Diagnostic Expérimental des helminthoses animales. Livre 1, Edited by Informations Techniques des Services Vétérinaires; Ministère de l'Agriculture, Paris, 1981: 303-311.
21. Favia G, Lanfrancotti A, della Torre A, Cancrini G, Coluzzi M: A PCR-based method to identify D. repens and D. immitis. Parasitology 1996, 113: 567-571.
22. Xie X, Bain O, Williams SA: Molecular phylogenetic studies on filarial parasites based on 5S ribosomal spacer sequences. Parasite 1994, 1: 141-151.
23. Thompson JD, Gibson TJ, Plewniak F, Jeanmougin F, Higgins DG: The CLUSTAL_X windows interface: flexible strategies for multiple sequence alignment aided by quality analysis tools. Nucleic Acids Res 1997, 25(24):4876-4882.
24. Barriga O, Handbook series in zoonoses. Section C: Parasitic Zoonoses. Vol II; Edited by Myron G. Schultzs,Boca Raton, Florida, CRC Press, 1982
25. Cancrini G, Sun Yanchang, Della Torre A, Coluzzi: Influenza della temperatura sullo sviluppo larvale di Dirofilaria repens in diverse specie di zanzare. Parassitologia 1988, (Suppl 30): 38.
26. Genchi C, Vezzoni A, Di Sacco B, Baroni G: La dirofilariosi cardiopolmonare del cane: epidemiologia e profilassi. Veterinaria 1991, 5 (2): 83-90.
27. Genchi C, Solari Basano F, Bandi C, Di Sacco B, Venco L, Vezzoni A, Cancrini G: Factors influencing the spread of heartworms in Italy: interaction between Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens. In Proceeding Heartworm Symposium, American Heartworm Society 1995: 65-71.
28. Cancrini G, Romi R, Gabrielli S, Toma L, Di Paolo M, Scaramozzino P: First finding of D. repens in a natural population of Aedes albopictus. Med vet entomol 2003, 17: 448-451.
29. Cancrini G: Filariasiin Vulpes vulpes della Provincia di Roma. Parassitologia 1986, 28: 210-211.
30. Pampiglione S, Rivasi F: Human dirofilariasis due to Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) repens: an update of world literature from 1995 to 2000. Parassitologia 2000, 42: 231-254.