ReviewPLoS neglected tropical diseases2016
Dirofilaria in Humans, Dogs, and Vectors in Austria (1978-2014)-From Imported Pathogens to the Endemicity of Dirofilaria repens.
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57 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 93 citations in OpenAlex.
- Oro-facial filariasis-A systematic review of the literature.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Pooled it
- Human dirofilariosis in Austria: the past, the present, the future.Parasites & vectors · 2021Pooled it
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- Subcutaneous Dirofilaria repens infection in an imported dog in Denmark.Acta veterinaria Scandinavica · 2025Article
- Molecular detection of Leishmania donovani, Dirofilaria sp. "hongkongensis," and Wolbachia spp. in the dog population from tribal settlements of Western Ghats, Kerala, India.Parasitology research · 2025Article
- First Case of Human Ocular Dirofilariasis in the Aosta Valley Region: Clinical Management and Morphological-Molecular Confirmation.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A Rare Case Report of a HumanMicroorganisms · 2025Article
- Rare case of extralymphatic dirofilariasis presenting as a facial subcutaneous nodule in non-endemic region of Spain.IDCases · 2025Article
- Change in the Distribution Pattern ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Human ocular dirofilariasis in Poland.Journal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection · 2024Article
- Comparison of a multiplex PCR with DNA barcoding for identification of container breeding mosquito species.Parasites & vectors · 2024Article
- A Rare Case of Dirofilariasis in the Genian Region.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Current Risk of Dirofilariosis Transmission in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) and the Balearic Islands (Spain) and Its Future Projection under Climate Change Scenarios.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Occurrence of Dirofilaria repens in wild carnivores in Poland.Parasitology research · 2023Article
- Estimated specific antibody-based true sero-prevalences of canine filariosis in dogs in Central Europe and the UK.Parasitology research · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundDirofilaria repens and D. immitis are filarioid helminths with domestic and wild canids as main hosts and mosquitoes as vectors. Both species are known to cause zoonotic diseases, primarily pulmonary (D. immitis), ocular (D. repens), and subcutaneous (D. repens) dirofilariosis. Both D. immitis and D. repens are known as invasive species, and their distribution seems associated with climate change. Until very recently, both species were known to be nonendemic in Austria. METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL
findingsMetadata on introduced and possibly autochthonous cases of infection with Dirofilaria sp. in dogs and humans in Austria are analysed, together with analyses of mosquito populations from Austria in ongoing studies. In Austria, most cases of Dirofilaria sp. in humans (30 cases of D. repens-six ocular and 24 subcutaneous) and dogs (approximately 50 cases-both D. immitis and D. repens) were most likely imported. However, occasionally infections with D. repens were discussed to be autochthonous (one human case and seven in dogs). The introduction of D. repens to Austria was confirmed very recently, as the parasite was detected in Burgenland (eastern Austria) for the first time in mosquito vectors during a surveillance program. For D. immitis, this could not be confirmed yet, but data from Germany suggest that the successful establishment of this nematode species in Austria is a credible scenario for the near future.
conclusionsThe first findings of D. repens in mosquito vectors indicate that D. repens presumably invaded in eastern Austria. Climate analyses from central Europe indicate that D. immitis also has the capacity to establish itself in the lowland regions of Austria, given that both canid and culicid hosts are present.
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