title: Zoonotic Onchocerca lupi infection in dogs, Greece and Portugal, 2011-2012.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Otranto
authors.forename: Filipe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dantas-Torres
authors.forename: Alessio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giannelli
authors.forename: Maria Stefania
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Latrofa
authors.forename: Elias
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
authors.forename: Luís
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.forename: Helder
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cortes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000266:history; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D017238:Genes, Helminth; D062306:Geography, Medical; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D049674:History, 21st Century; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009854:Onchocerca / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D009855:Onchocerciasis / Q000662:veterinary*; D010802:Phylogeny; D011174:Portugal / Q000453:epidemiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000266:history
keywords: Greece; Onchocerca lupi; Portugal; dogs; infection; parasites; zoonoses