ArticleParasites & vectors2017
Modelling the current distribution and predicted spread of the flea species Ctenocephalides felis infesting outdoor dogs in Spain.
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- Vector biology of the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis.Trends in parasitology · 2024Review
- A nowcast model to predict outdoor flea activity in real time for the contiguous United States.Parasites & vectors · 2024Article
- Morphometrics as a Complementary Tool in the Differentiation of Two Cosmopolitan Flea Species:Insects · 2022Article
- Multicenter randomized, and blinded European field study evaluating the efficacy and safety of Felpreva®, a novel spot-on formulation containing emodepside, praziquantel and tigolaner, in treating cats naturally infested with fleas and/or ticks.Current research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases · 2022Article
- The Discovery of Zoonotic Protozoans in Fleas Parasitizing on Pets as a Potential Infection Threat.Acta parasitologica · 2020Article
- Risk mapping of scrub typhus infections in Qingdao city, China.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- Climate change models predict southerly shift of the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) distribution in Australia.Parasites & vectors · 2019Article
- Field effectiveness and safety of fluralaner plus moxidectin (Bravecto® Plus) against ticks and fleas: a European randomized, blinded, multicenter field study in naturally-infested client-owned cats.Parasites & vectors · 2018Article
- Ctenocephalides canis is the dominant flea species of dogs in the Republic of Korea.Parasites & vectors · 2018Article
- A Review of Scrub Typhus (Orientia tsutsugamushi and Related Organisms): Then, Now, and Tomorrow.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis, is the most prevalent flea species detected on dogs and cats in Europe and other world regions. The status of flea infestation today is an evident public health concern because of their cosmopolitan distribution and the flea-borne diseases transmission. This study determines the spatial distribution of the cat flea C. felis infesting dogs in Spain. Using geospatial tools, models were constructed based on entomological data collected from dogs during the period 2013-2015. Bioclimatic zones, covering broad climate and vegetation ranges, were surveyed in relation to their size.
resultsThe models builded were obtained by negative binomial regression of several environmental variables to show impacts on C. felis infestation prevalence: land cover, bioclimatic zone, mean summer and autumn temperature, mean summer rainfall, distance to urban settlement and normalized difference vegetation index. In the face of climate change, we also simulated the future distributions of C. felis for the global climate model (GCM) "GFDL-CM3" and for the representative concentration pathway RCP45, which predicts their spread in the country.
conclusionsPredictive models for current climate conditions indicated the widespread distribution of C. felis throughout Spain, mainly across the central northernmost zone of the mainland. Under predicted conditions of climate change, the risk of spread was slightly greater, especially in the north and central peninsula, than for the current situation. The data provided will be useful for local veterinarians to design effective strategies against flea infestation and the pathogens transmitted by these arthropods.
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