title: Autochthonous Dirofilaria repens in Austria.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In Europe animal and human infections due to Dirofilaria repens are increasing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Parasitology, Department of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinaerplatz 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria. Katja.Silbermayr@vetmeduni.ac.at.
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Silbermayr
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eigner
authors.forename: Anja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Joachim
authors.forename: Georg G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Duscher
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Seidel
authors.forename: Franz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Allerberger
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Indra
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hufnagl
authors.forename: Hans-Peter
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Fuehrer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000469:parasitology*; D001317:Austria; D060348:Dirofilaria repens / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*