Recent advances on Dirofilaria repens in dogs and humans in Europe

G Capelli, C Genchi, G Baneth, P Bourdeau, E Brianti… - Parasites & vectors, 2018 - Springer
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 …

Dirofilaria spp. and Angiostrongylus vasorum: Current Risk of Spreading in Central and Northern Europe

HP Fuehrer, S Morelli, MS Unterköfler, A Bajer… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the past few decades, the relevance of Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens, causing
cardiopulmonary and subcutaneous dirofilariosis in dogs and cats, and of Angiostrongylus …

Subcutaneous dirofilariosis (Dirofilaria repens): an infection spreading throughout the old world

C Genchi, L Kramer - Parasites & vectors, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background Two main Dirofilaria species infect dogs: D. immitis and D. repens.
While D. immitis has a worldwide distribution, D. repens is currently found only in Europe …

Current trends in canine dirofilariosis in Austria—do we face a pre-endemic status?

K Sonnberger, GG Duscher, HP Fuehrer… - Parasitology research, 2020 - Springer
A retrospective study based on cases of canine dirofilariosis presented to the University of
Veterinary Medicine, Vienna or diagnosed by private practitioners throughout Austria, from …

Nodular lesions due to infestation by Dirofilaria repens in dogs from Italy

F Albanese, F Abramo, C Braglia… - Veterinary …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background Canine subcutaneous dirofilariosis caused by D irofilaria repens is an important
cause of human dirofilariosis in the Old World. Objectives To describe the clinical and …

Cutaneous filarioid nematodes of dogs in the United States: Are they emerging, neglected, or underdiagnosed parasites?

J Gruntmeir, M Kelly, RAN Ramos… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Filarioid nematodes, which are vector-borne parasites of cosmopolitan distribution, of dogs
are medically important. They are represented by species in which microfilariae were found …

Evidences of increasing risk of dirofilarioses in southern Italy

A Giangaspero, M Marangi, MS Latrofa… - Parasitology …, 2013 - Springer
Given the spread of Aedes albopictus from northern to southern Italy, and the lack of
updated data on Dirofilaria infections, this study was carried out to assess the infection risk …

Dirofilaria repens microfilariae in Aedes vexans mosquitoes in Slovakia

E Bocková, I Rudolf, A Kočišová, L Betášová… - Parasitology …, 2013 - Springer
In this study, we screened field-caught mosquitoes for presence of Dirofilaria spp. by using a
polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay. Potential occurrence of Dirofilaria repens and …

Microfilarial periodicity of Dirofilaria repens in naturally infested dogs

A Di Cesare, D Otranto, E Di Giulio, G Simonato… - Parasitology …, 2013 - Springer
In the past years, canine and human cases of infestation by Dirofilaria repens (Spirurida,
Onchocercidae) have been increasingly reported in several European countries …

Dirofilaria repens infection in a dog imported to Norway

BK Sævik, E Jörundsson, T Stachurska-Hagen… - Acta Veterinaria …, 2014 - Springer
Dirofilaria repens infection was diagnosed in a dog that had been imported to Norway from
Hungary three years previously. The dog was a four-year-old castrated male mixed-breed …