Zoonotic Onchocerca lupi Infection in Dogs, Greece and Portugal, 2011–2012

Onchocerca lupi infection is reported primarily in symptomatic dogs. We aimed to determine the infection in dogs from areas of Greece and Portugal with reported cases. Of 107 dogs, 9 (8%) were skin snip–positive for the parasite. DNA sequences of parasites in specimens from distinct dog populations...

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Autores principales: Otranto, Domenico, Dantas-Torres, Filipe, Giannelli, Alessio, Latrofa, Maria Stefania, Papadopoulos, Elias, Cardoso, Luís, Cortes, Helder
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3840859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24274145
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1912.130264
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Sumario:Onchocerca lupi infection is reported primarily in symptomatic dogs. We aimed to determine the infection in dogs from areas of Greece and Portugal with reported cases. Of 107 dogs, 9 (8%) were skin snip–positive for the parasite. DNA sequences of parasites in specimens from distinct dog populations differed genetically from thoses in GenBank.

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