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autochthonous foci of canine and feline infections by dirofilaria immitis and dirofilaria repens in central italy.this survey was conducted to investigate the presence of dirofilaria immitis and dirofilaria repens in native dogs and cats living in an area of italy where animal and human dirofilarioses have been sporadically reported in the past few years. from may 2008 to march 2009 individual blood samples were collected from 300 native cats and 300 native dogs in the abruzzo region of central italy. all 600 samples were subjected to a knott modified method, to a test for the detection of circulating d. im ...201020097479
feline leishmaniasis and ehrlichiosis: serological investigation in abruzzo region. 200516244984
sensitization to environmental antigens in asthmatic children from a central italian area.this study was designed to evaluate the frequency of respiratory allergens in different age groups of asthmatic atopic children in the chieti-pescara area. we examined a pediatric population (507 children) aged between 1 to 17 years (mean 6.62 +/- 2.9). all the children were submitted to a panel of skin prick tests (spt) for 12 common aeroallergens: grass pollens (g.), parietaria (p.), olive (o.), artemisia (a.), ragweed (r.), dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and dermatophagoides farinae (d.p. & d ...200111327400
free-roaming dogs and cats in central italy: public perceptions of the problem.a cross-sectional telephone survey of randomly selected households examined the extent and types of problems associated with free-roaming dogs and cats in the teramo province of italy. the households were sampled randomly within each municipality; municipalities were combined into coastal, central hills and mountain regions for analysis. the survey was conducted in may and june of 2004 with a response rate of 74% (397/536). ninety percent of respondents (n=356) believed that free-roaming dogs an ...200818055046
isolation and characterisation of an aujeszky's disease virus naturally infecting a wild boar (sus scrofa).isolation of aujeszky's disease virus (adv) from an injured, female wild boar (sus scrofa), shot dead by hunters, in an area adjacent to the abruzzo national park is reported. the brain was submitted for attempted virus isolation following episodes of mortality in several dogs and cats fed with meat from the wild boar. virus was isolated on first passage from the brain of the wild boar. the restriction fragment length polymorphism profile of the isolate was assessed as a type i. the role of stre ...19979220606
canine and feline infections by cardiopulmonary nematodes in central and southern italy.capillaria aerophila, aelurostrongylus abstrusus, angiostrongylus vasorum and dirofilaria immitis are cardiopulmonary nematodes affecting dogs and cats and presently emerging in several countries. the results obtained in 2009 - 2010 during a study aiming to investigate the occurrence of these nematodes in regions from central (marche and abruzzo regions - sites a and b, respectively) and southern (apulia - site c) italy are here reported. a total of 534 and 436 individual faecal samples collecte ...201121739378
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