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VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY
卷 203, 期 3-4, 页码 339-342出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.04.004
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Heartworm; Dirofilaria immitis; Prevalence; Distribution; Dog; Red fox; Golden jackal
Hungary was not considered to be a heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) endemic country until 2007, when the first autochthonous canine infection was described. Herein we report additional autochthonous heartworm infections in two dogs (Canis familiaris), twenty red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) (n = 534; prevalence: 3.7%; 95% CI = 2.4-5.7%) and two golden jackals (Canis aureus) (n = 27; prevalence: 7.4%; 95% CI = 2.1-23.4%) coming from eight counties. The identification of the parasite was based on morphology, morphometrics and amplification of 12S rDNA followed by sequencing in all cases. Our results indicate that Hungary became a D. immitis endemic country in the past decade. The prevalence and intensity of heartworm infection in wild canids is similar to or lower than that observed in the Mediterranean countries of Europe (3.7-7.4% vs. 0.4-12.7% and 1.5 vs. 2.9-4.4 worms/animal). These findings are in line with the results of the recently developed climate based forecast model to predict the establishment of D. immitis in Hungary. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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