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Prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis among shelter dogs in Tokyo, Japan, after a decade: comparison of 1999–2001 and 2009–2011
Changes in the seroprevalence of Dirofilaria immitis infection among shelter dogs between a decade ago and the present were evaluated. Serum samples were collected from 200 adult dogs in urban and suburban areas in Tokyo, Japan, during two 2-year periods (April 1999 to March 2001 and April 2009 to M...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3937804/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24581552 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2014008 |
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author | Oi, Masaaki Yoshikawa, Souichi Ichikawa, Yasuaki Nakagaki, Kazuhide Matsumoto, Jun Nogami, Sadao |
author_facet | Oi, Masaaki Yoshikawa, Souichi Ichikawa, Yasuaki Nakagaki, Kazuhide Matsumoto, Jun Nogami, Sadao |
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description | Changes in the seroprevalence of Dirofilaria immitis infection among shelter dogs between a decade ago and the present were evaluated. Serum samples were collected from 200 adult dogs in urban and suburban areas in Tokyo, Japan, during two 2-year periods (April 1999 to March 2001 and April 2009 to March 2011). Sera were tested for the presence of D. immitis antigen using a specific commercialized kit. The seroprevalence of D. immitis infection was 46% in 1999–2001 and 23% in 2009–2011. A decrease was observed in the prevalence of infection between 1999–2001 and 2009–2011; in particular, the prevalence in urban areas decreased significantly compared with that in suburban areas (P < 0.01). There was no significant difference in prevalence between the sexes in each period, but there was a significant difference between mixed-breed and purebred dogs (P < 0.01). The decrease in prevalence of canine heartworm disease in urban areas could be related to better veterinary care. |
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spelling | pubmed-39378042014-03-19 Prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis among shelter dogs in Tokyo, Japan, after a decade: comparison of 1999–2001 and 2009–2011 Oi, Masaaki Yoshikawa, Souichi Ichikawa, Yasuaki Nakagaki, Kazuhide Matsumoto, Jun Nogami, Sadao Parasite Short Note Changes in the seroprevalence of Dirofilaria immitis infection among shelter dogs between a decade ago and the present were evaluated. Serum samples were collected from 200 adult dogs in urban and suburban areas in Tokyo, Japan, during two 2-year periods (April 1999 to March 2001 and April 2009 to March 2011). Sera were tested for the presence of D. immitis antigen using a specific commercialized kit. The seroprevalence of D. immitis infection was 46% in 1999–2001 and 23% in 2009–2011. A decrease was observed in the prevalence of infection between 1999–2001 and 2009–2011; in particular, the prevalence in urban areas decreased significantly compared with that in suburban areas (P < 0.01). There was no significant difference in prevalence between the sexes in each period, but there was a significant difference between mixed-breed and purebred dogs (P < 0.01). The decrease in prevalence of canine heartworm disease in urban areas could be related to better veterinary care. EDP Sciences 2014 2014-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3937804/ /pubmed/24581552 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2014008 Text en © M. Oi et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2014 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Short Note Oi, Masaaki Yoshikawa, Souichi Ichikawa, Yasuaki Nakagaki, Kazuhide Matsumoto, Jun Nogami, Sadao Prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis among shelter dogs in Tokyo, Japan, after a decade: comparison of 1999–2001 and 2009–2011 |
title | Prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis among shelter dogs in Tokyo, Japan, after a decade: comparison of 1999–2001 and 2009–2011 |
title_full | Prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis among shelter dogs in Tokyo, Japan, after a decade: comparison of 1999–2001 and 2009–2011 |
title_fullStr | Prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis among shelter dogs in Tokyo, Japan, after a decade: comparison of 1999–2001 and 2009–2011 |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis among shelter dogs in Tokyo, Japan, after a decade: comparison of 1999–2001 and 2009–2011 |
title_short | Prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis among shelter dogs in Tokyo, Japan, after a decade: comparison of 1999–2001 and 2009–2011 |
title_sort | prevalence of dirofilaria immitis among shelter dogs in tokyo, japan, after a decade: comparison of 1999–2001 and 2009–2011 |
topic | Short Note |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3937804/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24581552 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2014008 |
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