Dirofilaria repens Microfilaremia in Three Dogs in Estonia

Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
Pikka JokelainenBrian Lassen

Abstract

In Europe, the zoonotic parasite Dirofilaria repens continues to spread northward. We describe three likely autochthonous canine microfilaremic D. repens infections from Estonia, an European Union country located in the Baltic region of northern Europe. The parasite species was confirmed with sequencing. These are new northernmost D. repens findings in Europe and show that the zoonotic parasite has spread farther north. Infection with D. repens should be included in the list of differential diagnoses for human and animal hosts also in northern Europe.

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Citations

Nov 12, 2017·Parasites & Vectors·Risto PietikäinenAntti Oksanen
Apr 20, 2019·Parasites & Vectors·Vytautas SabūnasAlgimantas Paulauskas
Dec 21, 2018·Parasites & Vectors·Gioia CapelliCornelia Silaghi
May 25, 2021·International Journal for Parasitology. Drugs and Drug Resistance·Sandra NoackPaul M Selzer

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Methods Mentioned

BETA
PCR

Software Mentioned

MEGA6
BLAST

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