2016
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1797-6
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Abstract: BackgroundThe nematodes Dirofilaria immitis and D. repens are enzootic in Greece. In the light of evidence of dirofilariosis spreading to new areas around the world, the aim of the present study was to update and enrich the current knowledge on the prevalence of Dirofilaria infections in dogs in Greece, to assess the risk factors of heartworm infection, and to initiate the drawing of the epizootiological map of canine dirofilariosis, investigating Dirofilaria infections in five locations along the north-south … Show more

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“…These results are slightly different from a study in Germany, where most cases of D. immitis were imported from Greece and Spain and only one case from Hungary (Pantchev et al 2011). In Greece, the prevalence of D. immitis was 4.1% out of 750 dogs examined in 2016 and the highest prevalence could be found in northern Greece, where most of the dogs in the present study with a travel history to Greece had travelled (Diakou et al 2016). While D. repens is known to occur in dogs throughout Hungary, canine cardiopulmonary dirofilariosis has so far been documented in only a few individual cases (Genchi et al 2005;Fok 2007;Jacsó et al 2009;Tolnai et al 2014).…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 99%
“…These results are slightly different from a study in Germany, where most cases of D. immitis were imported from Greece and Spain and only one case from Hungary (Pantchev et al 2011). In Greece, the prevalence of D. immitis was 4.1% out of 750 dogs examined in 2016 and the highest prevalence could be found in northern Greece, where most of the dogs in the present study with a travel history to Greece had travelled (Diakou et al 2016). While D. repens is known to occur in dogs throughout Hungary, canine cardiopulmonary dirofilariosis has so far been documented in only a few individual cases (Genchi et al 2005;Fok 2007;Jacsó et al 2009;Tolnai et al 2014).…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 99%
“…ticks are common, it would be expected that the pathogens related to this tick species would be also prevalent [ 15 , 24 , 60 ]. However, comparing the present study with other recent studies from Croatia [ 61 ], Greece [ 62 , 63 ], Corsica [ 64 ], Cyprus [ 65 ], Tunisia [ 66 ] and Israel [ 67 ], it is evident that E. canis , Hepatozoon spp. Babesia spp.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 60%
“…The number of human cases of D. repens infection in Europe is currently a public health concern and the lack of awareness with diagnosis and control in microfilariaemic dogs could lead to lack of vigilance and underestimation for this parasite [59]. Dirofilaria infections were here found only in Skiathos (where endemic infections by D. immitis is absent) in a single dog that was imported from an area of Central Greece where the prevalence of canine dirofilariosis is about 7% [60]. This confirms that undiagnosed and untreated microfilariaemic dogs are an important source of infection for mosquitoes and may also introduce these pathogens in other regions.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%