title: [INFECTION OF BLOOD-SUCKING MOSQUITOES (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) WITH DIROFILARIAE (SPIRURIDA, ONCHOCERCIDAE) IN THE TULA REGION].
abstract: Blood-sucking mosquitoes (n = 2277) collected in Tula and its Region in 2013-2014 were examined using a PCR assay for dirofilariae. A total of 12 species from 4 genera (Culiseta, Aedes, Ochlerotatus [foreign character] Culex) out of 18 found mosquito species were infected with Dirofilaria immitis and D. repens. The proportion of the infected mosquitoes was 2.5% (D. immitis, 1.5%; D.repens, 1%). According to preliminary data, the most efficient Dirofilaria vectors, in the Tula Region may be Ae. vexans, Ae. geniculatus, Och. cantans, and Cx. pipiens.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bogacheva
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Ganushkina
authors.forename: Yu V
authors.initials: YV
authors.lastname: Lopatina
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009033:Culicidae / Q000145:classification / Q000469:parasitology*; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000235:genetics; D004183:Dirofilaria immitis / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D060348:Dirofilaria repens / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission; D004285:Dogs; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D005260:Female; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D008018:Life Cycle Stages / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D018509:DNA, Helminth