title: Canine dirofilariosis under specific environmental conditions of the Eastern Slovak Lowland.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to collect data from Eastern Slovak Lowland, southern Slovakia, to assess risk of the spread of canine dirofilariosis. Climate and environmental conditions in the Eastern Slovak Lowland are ideally suitable for the occurrence of vector-borne diseases. In the past, an endemic locality of dangerous mosquito transmitted malaria was found in this area. Today, another zoonotic parasitic disease threatens--dirofilariosis. The results of the first detailed study revealed a 34.44% prevalence in dogs harbouring dirofilariae. D. repens was diagnosed in all infected specimen, with 2 individuals being co-infected also with D. immitis.
authors.affiliation: Parasitological Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice, Slovak Republic. iglodyova@saske.sk
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iglódyová
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miterpáková
authors.forename: Zuzana
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hurníková
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Antolová
authors.forename: Pavol
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dubinský
authors.forename: Valéria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Letková
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D058345:Asymptomatic Infections; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D004183:Dirofilaria immitis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D060348:Dirofilaria repens / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D004285:Dogs; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D018154:Slovakia / Q000453:epidemiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D015047:Zoonoses
chemical_list: D004247:DNA