| retrospective study on the presence and pathogenicity of dirofilaria repens in 5 dogs and 1 cat from aosta vally. | aosta valley is the only region of italy free of reported human cases of dirofilariosis due to dirofilaria repens. nonetheless, the retrospective analysis of five locally acquired d. repens infections in dogs, seems to indicate that an animal reservoir exist in the area. a feline case imported from camargue, france, is also described. the most common dermatological signs were erythema, alopecia, crusting, papulae and nodules. all patients had lesional pruritus and dogs were affected by concurren ... | 2003 | 14593932 |
| sylvatic rabies in italy: epidemiology. | epidemiological data on sylvatic rabies in italy, during 10 years, from 1977 to 1986 are reported. this rabies epizootic expanded to all the alpine arch from trieste to aosta, can be divided in five different outbreaks. the good knowledge of the infected alpine area helped us in the identification of rabies outbreaks and in rabies struggle and prevention. data from the literature on the relationship: landscape/fox/density/fox hunting/rabies have been confirmed and contributed to disease eradicat ... | 1990 | 2346071 |