Risk of canine and human exposure to Dirofilaria immitis infected mosquitoes in endemic areas of Italy

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Capelli, Gioia ^a   Di Regalbono, Antonio Frangipane ^b   Simonato, Giulia ^b   Cassini, Rudi ^b   Cazzin, Stefania ^a   Cancrini, Gabriella ^c   Otranto, Domenico ^d   Pietrobelli, Mario ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dirofilaria immitis; Dogs; Humans; Mosquito vectors; Risk of exposure

Indexed keywords

AEDIMORPHUS VEXANS; ARTICLE; COQUILLETTIDIA RICHIARDII; CULEX MODESTUS; CULEX PIPIENS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG; EXPOSURE; INSECT BITE; ITALY; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OCHLEROTATUS CASPIUS; SURVIVAL;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CULEX; CULICIDAE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DNA, HELMINTH; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; ITALY; MALE; OCHLEROTATUS; RISK;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CULEX PIPIENS; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; OCHLEROTATUS CASPIUS;

EID: 84874604416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-60     Document Type: Article

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