Presently, 45% of the total human population of Europe, as well as their domestic and
companion animals, are exposed to the risk of vector-borne helminths (VBH) causing …

For a long time, wildlife carnivores have been disregarded for their potential in transmitting
zoonotic nematodes. However, human activities and politics (eg, fragmentation of the …

Some of the most important zoonotic infectious diseases are associated with parasites
transmitted from companion animals to man. This review describes the main parasitic …

Background Parasitic diseases of companion animals comprise a group of globally
distributed and rapidly spreading illnesses that are caused by a wide range of arthropods …

Canine dirofilariosis in the Americas is primarily caused by Dirofilaria immitis, a mosquito-
borne filarial worm infecting dogs, which may also infect and cause disease in other …

In the past decades, cases of canine ocular onchocercosis have been reported worldwide,
particularly in the United States and Europe. Onchocerca lupi, originally described from a …

Onchocerca lupi infection is reported primarily in symptomatic dogs. We aimed to determine
the infection in dogs from areas of Greece and Portugal with reported cases. Of 107 dogs, 9 …

In southern California, ocular infections caused by Onchocerca lupi were diagnosed in 3
dogs (1 in 2006, 2 in 2012). The infectious agent was confirmed through morphologic …

Background Among ocular vector-borne pathogens, Onchocerca volvulus, the agent of the
so-called “river blindness”, affects about 37 million people globally. Other Onchocerca spp …

Although canine ocular onchocerciasis has been well described as an emerging pathogen
of dogs in Europe and North America over the past 20 years, there are no previous reports of …