The potential risk of Dirofilaria immitis becoming established in the Czech Republic by imported dogs
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We examined 110 dogs, imported or born to imported females or living together with imported dogs in kennels, for the presence of Dirofilaria immitis, and assessed the climatic conditions in the Czech Republic that may promote spread of the disease. Relevant techniques were used to detect specific antigen, specific antibodies and microfilariae. The presence of antigen was detected in one imported dog, microfilariae were not found and antibodies were detected in 30.5% of the imported dogs. No heartworm was found in dogs, which did not travel outside of the Czech Republic. The evaluation of temperature charts showed that it was possible for at least one heartworm generation to develop under climatic conditions in the Czech Republic.
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Epidemiological studies and recent clinical reports described a significant prevalence of autochthonous infections of dogs with D. immitis and/or D. repens in central and northern European countries where canine dirofilariasis was previously not reported or only sporadically found.
“Epidemiological studies and recent clinical reports on the expansion and emergence of dirofilariasis described a significant prevalence of autochthonous infections of dogs with D. immitis and/or D. repens in central and northern European countries where canine dirofilariasis was previously not reported or where cases were only sporadically found”
From Human and animal dirofilariasis: The emergence of a zoonotic mosaic (2012) · cites this paper as [409]
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- Authors
- Svobodova, V., & Mišoňova, P.
- Affiliations
- University of Veterinary Sciences Brno (CZ)
- Venue
- Veterinary Parasitology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2005-03
- Volume
- 128
- Issue
- 1-2
- Pages
- 137-140
- ISSN
- 0304-4017 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1967970632
- Cited by
- 23
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 0.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Veterinary Parasitology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment
- Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Helminth infection and control
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
- Keywords
- Dirofilaria immitis, canine heartworm disease, imported dogs, Czech Republic, seroprevalence, antigen detection, microfilariae, climate suitability, temperature charts, kennels
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Antibodies, Helminth, Antigens, Helminth, Climate, Dirofilaria immitis, Dirofilariasis, Dog Diseases, Dogs, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Female, Microfilariae, Fluoroimmunoassay, Czech Republic
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