Dirofilaria immitis in Dog Imported from Venezuela to Chile

We report a case of Dirofilaria immitis nematode infection in a dog imported from Venezuela that had been living for 2 years in Santiago, Chile, where this parasite had not been reported before. Our findings warrant surveillance for all dogs imported to Chile, given that suitable conditions exist fo...

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Autores principales: Alvarez Rojas, Cristian A., Cancino-Faure, Beatriz, Lillo, Pablo, Fernández, María Luisa, González, Alejandro Piñeiro, Ramírez, Alonso Flores
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9881789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36692864
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2902.221427
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author Alvarez Rojas, Cristian A.
Cancino-Faure, Beatriz
Lillo, Pablo
Fernández, María Luisa
González, Alejandro Piñeiro
Ramírez, Alonso Flores
author_facet Alvarez Rojas, Cristian A.
Cancino-Faure, Beatriz
Lillo, Pablo
Fernández, María Luisa
González, Alejandro Piñeiro
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description We report a case of Dirofilaria immitis nematode infection in a dog imported from Venezuela that had been living for 2 years in Santiago, Chile, where this parasite had not been reported before. Our findings warrant surveillance for all dogs imported to Chile, given that suitable conditions exist for establishing this parasite.
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spelling pubmed-98817892023-02-08 Dirofilaria immitis in Dog Imported from Venezuela to Chile Alvarez Rojas, Cristian A. Cancino-Faure, Beatriz Lillo, Pablo Fernández, María Luisa González, Alejandro Piñeiro Ramírez, Alonso Flores Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We report a case of Dirofilaria immitis nematode infection in a dog imported from Venezuela that had been living for 2 years in Santiago, Chile, where this parasite had not been reported before. Our findings warrant surveillance for all dogs imported to Chile, given that suitable conditions exist for establishing this parasite. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9881789/ /pubmed/36692864 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2902.221427 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Alvarez Rojas, Cristian A.
Cancino-Faure, Beatriz
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Fernández, María Luisa
González, Alejandro Piñeiro
Ramírez, Alonso Flores
Dirofilaria immitis in Dog Imported from Venezuela to Chile
title Dirofilaria immitis in Dog Imported from Venezuela to Chile
title_full Dirofilaria immitis in Dog Imported from Venezuela to Chile
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title_short Dirofilaria immitis in Dog Imported from Venezuela to Chile
title_sort dirofilaria immitis in dog imported from venezuela to chile
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9881789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36692864
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