Autochthonous Dirofilaria repens in Austria
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BACKGROUND: In Europe animal and human infections due to Dirofilaria repens are increasing. FINDINGS: In a nationwide screening for filarioid parasites in Austria, 7,632 mosquitoes were collected from June till October 2012 and divided into 437 pools according to same trapping date and sight and mosquito species. For the molecular detection, a real-time PCR approach was followed by conventional PCR. D. repens was detected in the villages Moerbisch and Rust, Burgenland in one Anopheles maculipennis group and one Anopheles algeriensis species pool, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The geographical distribution of the two positive pools points to the invasion of D. repens from Eastern neighboring countries. The finding of D. repens in mosquito vectors suggests the occurrence of the causative agent for cutaneous dirofilariosis in Austria.
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The relative prevalence of dirofilariosis detected in this study was higher than in neighbouring Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland.
“The relative prevalence of dirofilariosis detected in our study was shown to be higher than in neighbouring Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland.”
From Urbanization impact on mosquito community and the transmission potential of filarial infection in central Europe (2018) · cites this paper as [58]
In 2012, the first autochthonous findings of D. repens in mosquitoes were made in eastern Austria.
“In 2012, the first autochthonous findings of D. repens in mosquitoes were made in eastern Austria (Silbermayr et al. 2014).”
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- Authors
- Silbermayr, K., Eigner, B., Joachim, A., Duscher, G. G., Seidel, B., Allerberger, F., Indra, A., Hufnagl, P., & Fuehrer, H.-P.
- Affiliations
- University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (AT)
- Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AT)
- Corresponding author
- Silbermayr, Katja
- ORCID
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- Parasites & Vectors
- Published
- 2014
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 1
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- 226
- ISSN
- 1756-3305 (ISSN-L)
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- PMC4026151
- OpenAlex
- W2097955299
- Cited by
- 42
- References
- 11
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- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 6
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- 3.97
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- journal article
- Language
- en
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- Parasites & Vectors (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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- Funders
- Bayer Animal Health
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
- Keywords
- Dirofilaria repens, autochthonous infection, Anopheles algeriensis, parasite invasion, molecular detection, Austria
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Anopheles, Austria, Molecular Sequence Data, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Dirofilaria repens
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