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Ocular thelaziosis due Thelazia callipaeda (Spirurida: Thelaziidae) in Romania: first report in domestic cat and new geographical records of canine cases
- Source :
- Parasitology Research. 117:4037-4042
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018.
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Abstract
- Thelazia callipaeda has been regarded in Europe in the last few decades as a "new" agent of an ocular disease in dogs, cats, several wild species, and not least in humans. After the first European description in Italy, in 1989, the parasite has been reported in many other countries, showing a widespread distribution of this parasite. The first case of canine thelaziosis in Romania has been reported in 2015, and it has been followed by other studies confirming the presence of the nematode in dogs or broadening the host spectrum with some wild carnivore species that have been found positive. Despite being considered suitable primary hosts for T. callipaeda, infection with T. callipaeda in domestic cat is rarely reported in Europe, probably due to some behavioral and physical particularities of this host. This study describes the first autochthonous report of T. callipaeda infection in a domestic cat from Romania. Additionally, to these findings, new geographical records of canine thelaziosis are being revealed, confirming the increased risk of this emerging vector-borne zoonosis.
- Subjects :
- Male
0301 basic medicine
Wild species
Eye Diseases
030231 tropical medicine
Zoology
Spirurida Infections
Cat Diseases
Eye
03 medical and health sciences
Dogs
0302 clinical medicine
Zoonoses
medicine
Animals
Humans
Parasite hosting
Dog Diseases
Carnivore
Spirurida
Thelaziidae
Geography
General Veterinary
biology
Romania
Zoonosis
General Medicine
030108 mycology & parasitology
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Europe
Infectious Diseases
Increased risk
Insect Science
Cats
Thelazioidea
Female
Parasitology
Thelazia callipaeda
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14321955 and 09320113
- Volume :
- 117
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Parasitology Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7a81e37d20a7e1d2e13033b980b713df