Beyond Borders: Dirofilaria immitis Infection in Dogs Spreads to Previously Non-Enzootic Areas in Greece—A Serological Survey

I Symeonidou, G Sioutas, AI Gelasakis, D Bitchava… - Veterinary …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Although Dirofilaria immitis in dogs is considered enzootic in northern Greece, the available
data on the occurrence of infection in southern parts of the country demonstrate its scarcity …

New distribution patterns of Dirofilaria immitis in Italy

E Napoli, G De Benedetto, L Ciuca, A Bosco… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In recent decades, the number of autochthonous cases and foci of Dirofilaria immitis in dogs
from southern regions has increased considerably, suggesting that the distribution of the …

Retrospective study on the distribution of Dirofilaria immitis in dogs in Hungary

Á Bacsadi, A Papp, L Szeredi, G Tóth, C Nemes… - Veterinary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Europe has experienced the spreading of vector-borne helminths including heartworms
(Dirofilaria immitis) from the Mediterranean countries towards the northern ones in the past …

Emerging risk of Dirofilaria spp. infection in shelter dogs in southern Italy

L Ciuca, V Caruso, S Illiano, A Bosco… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In southern Italy, the number of autochthonous cases of Dirofilaria immitis in dogs has
increased considerably. This also occurs in the Campania region, particularly in coastal …

Seroepidemiological study of canine and human dirofilariasis in the endemic region of northern Serbia

S Savić, MZ Stosic, D Marcic, I Hernández… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Dirofilariasis is a vector-borne zoonotic disease caused mainly by Dirofilaria immitis and
Dirofilaria repens that affect dogs and humans all over the world. Serbia is considered an …

[PDF][PDF] Dirofilaria immitis infection in carnivores from Bulgaria: 2012-2013 update.

MS Panayotova-Pencheva, RL Mirchev, AP Trifonova - 2016 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Helminthological necropsies of 489 carnivores (325 golden jackals, 115 red foxes, 4
martens, 3 wolves, 27 domestic dogs and 15 cats) from Bulgaria were carried out in 2012 …

Current surveys on the prevalence and distribution of Dirofilaria spp. and Acanthocheilonema reconditum infections in dogs in Romania

AM Ionică, IA Matei, V Mircean, MO Dumitrache… - Parasitology …, 2015 - Springer
During the last decades, Dirofilaria spp. infection in European dogs has rapidly spread from
historically endemic areas towards eastern and northeastern countries, but little or no …

Dirofilaria infections in dogs in different areas of Greece

A Diakou, E Kapantaidakis, A Tamvakis, V Giannakis… - Parasites & vectors, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background The 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 …

Hyperendemic Dirofilaria immitis infection in a sheltered dog population: an expanding threat in the Mediterranean region

R Panarese, R Iatta, MS Latrofa, A Zatelli… - International Journal for …, 2020 - Elsevier
A study on the occurrence of Dirofilaria immitis and its vectors was carried out in order to
assess the prevalence of the disease in dogs in previously non-endemic areas of southern …

Canine dirofilariosis in Croatia: Let's face it

T Živičnjak, F Martinković, R Beck - First European Dirofilaria Days-FEDD …, 2007 - croris.hr
Sažetak There is limited information regarding the prevalence of Dirofilaria genus members
and its pathogenic significance in dogs in Croatia. The knowledge of the incidence of the …