Zoonotic Onchocerca lupi infection in dogs, Greece and Portugal, 2011-2012

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 (8%) were skin snip-positive for the parasite. DNA sequences of parasites in specimens from distinct dog populations...

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Published inEmerging infectious diseases Vol. 19; no. 12; pp. 2000 - 2003
Main Authors Otranto, Domenico, Dantas-Torres, Filipe, Giannelli, Alessio, Latrofa, Maria Stefania, Papadopoulos, Elias, Cardoso, Luís, Cortes, Helder
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.12.2013
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects
Animals
Diagnosis
Dispatch
Distribution
dog
Dog Diseases - epidemiology
Dog Diseases - history
Dogs
Female
Genes, Helminth
Genetic aspects
Geography, Medical
Greece
Greece - epidemiology
Health aspects
History, 21st Century
Identification and classification
infection
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Nucleotide sequence
Onchocerca - classification
Onchocerca - genetics
Onchocerca lupi
Onchocerciasis - veterinary
Phylogeny
Portugal
Portugal - epidemiology
Roundworm infections
Sequence Analysis, DNA
zoonoses
Zoonoses - epidemiology
Zoonoses - history
Greece
Portugal
Greece
infection
dogs
parasites
zoonoses
Onchocerca lupi
Portugal
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Summary: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 (8%) were skin snip-positive for the parasite. DNA sequences of parasites in specimens from distinct dog populations differed genetically from those in GenBank.
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ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1912.130264