D Otranto, P Deplazes - … Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …
A Pereira, Â Martins, H Brancal, H Vilhena, P Silva… - Parasites & vectors, 2016 - Springer
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 …
D Otranto, N Sakru, G Testini, VP Gürlü… - The American journal …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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 …
HK Hassan, S Bolcen, J Kubofcik… - Emerging Infectious …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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 …
AL Labelle, JB Daniels, M Dix… - Veterinary …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
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 …