ArticleParasites & vectors2017
Dirofilaria repens transmission in southeastern Finland.
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- Subcutaneous Dirofilaria repens infection in an imported dog in Denmark.Acta veterinaria Scandinavica · 2025Article
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- Dirofilariasis of the scrotum: a clinical case from Bulgaria.Helminthologia · 2024Article
- Molecular Discovery of Filarial Nematode DNA in an Endangered Wild Pinniped (Galapagos Sea Lion,Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Heartworm disease in domestic dogs in Estonia: indication of local circulation of the zoonotic parasite Dirofilaria immitis farther north than previously reported.Parasites & vectors · 2024Article
- Evolution of dirofilariasis diagnostic techniques from traditional morphological analysis to molecular-based techniques: a comprehensive review.Frontiers in parasitology · 2024Review
- Autochthonous Human Dirofilaria repens Infection in Austria.Acta parasitologica · 2022Article
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- Heartworm disease - Overview, intervention, and industry perspective.International journal for parasitology. Drugs and drug resistance · 2021Review
- Human subcutaneous dirofilariasis: the 'migrating' skin tumor.Case reports in plastic surgery & hand surgery · 2021Article
- Parasites in the changing world - Ten timely examples from the Nordic-Baltic region.Parasite epidemiology and control · 2020Article
- Dirofilaria repens in dogs and humans in Lithuania.Parasites & vectors · 2019Article
- Recent advances on Dirofilaria repens in dogs and humans in Europe.Parasites & vectors · 2018Review
- Dirofilaria repens Nematode Infection with Microfilaremia in Traveler Returning to Belgium from Senegal.Emerging infectious diseases · 2018Article
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12 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe spread of vector-borne diseases to new regions has become a global threat due to climate change, increasing traffic, and movement of people and animals. Dirofilaria repens, the canine subcutaneous filarioid nematode, has expanded its distribution range northward during the last decades. The northernmost European locations, where the parasite life-cycle has been confirmed, are Estonia and the Novgorod Region in Russia.
resultsHerein, we describe an autochthonous D. repens infection in a Finnish woman. We also present two cases of D. repens infection in imported dogs indicating the life-cycle in the Russian Vyborg and St Petersburg areas, close to the Finnish border.
conclusionsThe most obvious limiting factor of the northern distribution of D. repens is the summer temperature, due to the temperature-dependent development of larvae in vectors. With continuing climate change, further spread of D. repens in Fennoscandia can be expected.
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