ArticleParasitology research2015
Current surveys on the prevalence and distribution of Dirofilaria spp. and Acanthocheilonema reconditum infections in dogs in Romania.
Article in Parasitology research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
35 citing papers in PubMed.
- Epidemiological and Molecular Investigation ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Application of COI-LAMP for Detection of Dirofilaria immitis with High Sensitivity and Specificity in Epidemiological Studies.Acta parasitologica · 2026Article
- Canine Cardiac and Cardiovascular Pathology: Four Major Life-Threatening Non-Degenerative, Non-Hereditary Conditions.Veterinary sciences · 2025Review
- Circulation ofLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Current Distribution of Selected Vector-borne Diseases in Domestic Dogs From Bucharest, Romania.Veterinary medicine and science · 2025Article
- An unexpected case of a dog from Poland co-infected with Dirofilaria repens and Dirofilaria Immitis.BMC veterinary research · 2024Article
- Prediction and validation of potential transmission risk ofFrontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Pets, Wildlife and Parasites.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Microfilariae infection byJournal of advanced veterinary and animal research · 2023Article
- First study on microscopic and molecular detection ofVeterinary world · 2023Article
- Estimated specific antibody-based true sero-prevalences of canine filariosis in dogs in Central Europe and the UK.Parasitology research · 2022Article
- First Report ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- What Has Happened to Heartworm Disease in Europe in the Last 10 Years?Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- New insights into the distribution of cardio-pulmonary nematodes in road-killed wild felids from Romania.Parasites & vectors · 2022Article
- The European Badger as a New Host forPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Identity of Microfilariae Circulating in Dogs from Western and South-Western Romania in the Last Decade.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- An epidemiological survey of Dirofilaria spp. and Acanthocheilonema spp. in dogs from the Republic of Moldova.Parasites & vectors · 2021Article
- Haematological and biochemical abnormalities in hunting dogs infected with Acanthocheilonema reconditum, associated risk factors, and a European overview.Parasitology research · 2021Article
- A case of inguinal hernia associated with atypical Dirofilaria repens infection in a dog.Parasites & vectors · 2021Article
- New insights into the biology, diagnosis and immune response toVeterinary parasitology: X · 2020Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
12 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
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 information is available from these geographical regions. The present study provides a picture of filarial infections in dogs from Romania and compares two tests for the diagnosis of Dirofilaria immitis. From July 2010 to March 2011, blood samples were collected from 390 dogs from nine counties of Romania and serological SNAP tests were performed for the detection of D. immitis antigen. The remaining blood clots were subsequently used for DNA extraction followed by multiplex PCR for assessing filarioid species diversity (i.e. D. immitis, Dirofilaria repens and Acanthocheilonema reconditum). Based on molecular detection, an overall prevalence of 6.92 % (n = 27; 95 % confidence interval (CI) 4.70-10.03 %) for D. repens, 6.15 % (n = 24; 95 % CI 4.07-9.14 %) for D. immitis and 2.05 % (n = 8; 95 % CI 0.96-4.16 %) for A. reconditum was recorded, with significant variations according to sampling areas. Coinfections of D. immitis and D. repens were recorded in 23.91 % (n = 11) positive dogs. A slightly higher prevalence for D. immitis was detected at the SNAP test (n = 28, 7.17 %; 95 % CI 4.91-10.33 %), but this difference was not statistically significant (p = 0.66). However, only 53.57 % (n = 15) of antigen-positive dogs were confirmed by PCR, while other dogs (n = 9) PCR positive for D. immitis were negative at the serology. The present study shows that Dirofilaria species are endemic in the southern and southeastern areas of Romania, This article also provides, for the first time, an epidemiological picture of the distribution of A. reconditum in Romania.
Indexed as
Identifiers
25544702What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.