| canine filariosis in umbria: an update of the occurrence one year after the first observation of autochthonous foci. | following the first observation of two autochthonous foci of canine filariosis occurred in umbria region in the year 2001, a survey on prevalence and risk factors was conducted 12 months later to better understand the actual entity of the dirofilaria problem in umbria region. blood samples were collected between january and december 2002 from 2406 dogs living in a total of 7 towns located in the identified areas at risk. blood samples were tested by a modified knott's technique to evaluate the m ... | 2003 | 15267001 |
| [monitoring of canine leishmaniasis in northern italy: an update from a scientific network]. | canine leishmaniasis (canl) due to leishmania infantum is a disease of great veterinary importance and a serious public health problem. in humans, l. infantum causes visceral (vl) and cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) and the distribution of vl overlaps that of canl. currently, vl is considered by who as an emerging zoonosis in southern europe. the dog is the only domestic reservoir of the infection and phlebotomine sandflies are the only proven vectors of leishmaniasis for dogs and humans. canl is e ... | 2004 | 15305715 |
| first report of oral colonization by debaryomyces nepalensis in a dog. | a stray, young male, wire-haired pointing griffon dog, found in a street of perugia (italy), was examined in order to check his health status. two oropharyngeal swabs were collected in 24 h and streaked onto sabouraud agar and after 6 days the yeasts colonies were transferred onto malt agar. ascospores were observed on potato dextrose agar medium. the major ubiquinone of an isolated yeast was identified as ubiquinone-9 (q-9), and genetical analyses were performed together with the type strains o ... | 2007 | 17687632 |
| a survey on canine leishmaniasis and phlebotomine sand flies in central italy. | zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (zvl) is a vector-transmitted zoonosis caused by the parasitic protozoan leishmania infantum. bloodsucking sand flies of the subfamily phlebotominae are the obligatory insect hosts, and the dog is the only domestic reservoir. this study reports data from a survey of canine infection and sand fly phlebotomine monitoring in the province of perugia in central italy. the overall seroprevalence in a total of 100 dogs tested was 8% (95% confidence interval: 3.8-15.6%). ... | 2009 | 19217126 |