Cited by 18Parasitic Diseases Research and TreatmentDiptera species taxonomy and behaviorMosquito-borne diseases and control

Filarial nematode (order, Spirurida) surveillance in urban habitats, in the city of Pécs (Hungary)

Kurucz, Kornélia, Kiss, Vivien, Zana, Brigitta, Jakab, Ferenc, Kemenesi, Gábor·2018·Parasitology Research

Abstract

As part of the seasonal mosquito control activities in the city of Pécs (Baranya County, Hungary), a total of 1123 adult female mosquitoes belonging to 18 species (including the invasive species Aedes koreicus) were collected from human-inhabited areas, using CO 2-baited traps, during two consecutive years. To survey the presence and prevalence of filarial parasites in these mosquitoes, we performed a molecular survey for filarial DNA, attempted by PCR using generic primers (COI), and followed by DNA sequencing. Filaroid nematode DNA was detected in 4% of investigated mosquito pools. Out of 410 pools, 9 pools of mosquitoes were positive for Dirofilaria repens (Aedes vexans, Aedes koreicus, Coquillettidia richiardii), and/or Dirofilaria immitis (Ae. vexans, Cq. richiardii), and further 8 pools were positive for Setaria tundra (Ae. vexans, Cq. richiardii). Our study provides novel insight for prevalence of filaroid nematodes in mosquitoes occurring in close proximity to humans, thereby highlights the possible human and veterinary health importance of these mosquito species, including the recently introduced invasive mosquito Ae. koreicus.

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1007/s00436-018-6066-5

Cites

27 of 27 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Recomputing p-values needs the paper’s full text.

Claims the paper makes

This paper’s full text isn’t openly available, so its claims and self-check weren’t run. The registry and citation checks still apply.

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

  • In the Southern Great Plain in Hungary, Cx. modestus, Cx. pipiens, and Och. caspius have been identified as heartworm vectors, and Cq. richiardii has also been identified in the country.

    “In the Southern Great Plain in Hungary, Cx. modestus, Cx. pipiens, and Och. caspius were identified as heartworm vectors; furthermore, Cq. richiardii was also identified in the country [156,157].”

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Kurucz, K., Kiss, V., Zana, B., Jakab, F., & Kemenesi, G.
Affiliations
University of Pecs (HU)
Corresponding author
Kemenesi, Gábor
Venue
Parasitology Research
Published
2018-09-08
Volume
117
Issue
10
Pages
3355-3360
ISSN
  • 0044-3255 (ISSN-L)
  • 0932-0113
  • 1432-1955
OpenAlex
W2890587811
Cited by
18
References
27
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2
FWCI
0.76
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Parasitology Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Diptera species taxonomy and behavior
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Mosquito-borne diseases and control
Keywords
filarial nematodes, Dirofilaria repens, Dirofilaria immitis, mosquito-borne filariasis, Aedes koreicus, Aedes vexans, Coquillettidia richardii, urban mosquito surveillance, invasive mosquito species, Pécs
MeSH terms
Mosquito Vectors, Aedes, Animals, Dirofilaria immitis, Dirofilariasis, Female, Humans, Hungary, Male, Mosquito Control, Urban Health, Spirurida, Setaria Nematode, Ecosystem, Dirofilaria repens

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review