ArticleParasites & vectors2016
First report of Thelazia callipaeda infection in wild European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Portugal.
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- Systematic review on infection and disease caused by Thelazia callipaeda in Europe: 2001-2020.Parasite (Paris, France) · 2020Pooled it
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- From Asia to Europe: epidemiology, genetic diversity, and One Health implications of Thelazia callipaeda.Parasite (Paris, France) · 2026Review
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- Thelaziasis in humans: A systematic review of reported cases.New microbes and new infections · 2025Review
- Identification and Molecular Characterization of Spirurid Nematode Associated With Giraffe Skin Disease in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania.Veterinary medicine international · 2025Article
- Update on infections withCurrent research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases · 2024Article
- Thelazia callipaeda as a potential new threat to european wildcats: insights from an eco-epidemiological study.Veterinary research communications · 2023Article
- Diversity of Thelazia spp. in domestic cattle from Romania: epidemiology and molecular diagnosis by a novel multiplex PCR.Parasites & vectors · 2023Article
- Occurrence of Thelazia callipaeda and its vector Phortica variegata in Austria and South Tyrol, Italy, and a global comparison by phylogenetic network analysis.Parasites & vectors · 2023Article
- Molecular characterization of oriental eyeworm (Thelazia callipaeda) detected from raccoon (Procyon lotor) and Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus) in Kanto region, Japan.Parasites & vectors · 2023Article
- European Hares,Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Feline thelaziosis (Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2021Article
- The Vector-Borne Zoonotic NematodePathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Suspected autochthonous Thelazia callipaeda infection in a dog in northern Germany.Parasitology research · 2020Article
- First report of Thelazia callipaeda in a free-ranging Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus) from Spain.Parasitology research · 2020Article
- The first feline and new canine cases of Thelazia callipaeda (Spirurida: Thelaziidae) infection in Hungary.Parasites & vectors · 2018Article
- Predicting the distribution of Phortica variegata and potential for Thelazia callipaeda transmission in Europe and the United Kingdom.Parasites & vectors · 2018Article
- Detection of Thelazia callipaeda in Phortica variegata and spread of canine thelaziosis to new areas in Spain.Parasites & vectors · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundThelazia callipaeda is a zoonotic nematode that affects the eyes of domestic and wild animals, including dogs, cats and red foxes. This parasitic eye worm is transmitted by Phortica variegata, which is a zoophilic fruit fly spread in Europe. Two wild European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) found dead in north-eastern Portugal were submitted to necropsy.
resultsBoth animals presented gross lesions compatible with haemorrhagic viral disease. Eye examination revealed the presence of six worms (three in each animal, on both eyes). Out of the six nematodes, five females and one male were morphologically and molecularly identified as T. callipaeda.
conclusionsThis is the first report of T. callipaeda in wild rabbits from Portugal, which reveals a new host for this parasite in southern Europe and emphasizes the importance of including thelaziosis in the differential diagnosis of ocular alterations in both animals and humans from areas where the eye worm is endemic.
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