| an estimation of toxocara canis prevalence in dogs, environmental egg contamination and risk of human infection in the marche region of italy. | the human risk of infection with larvae of toxocara canis was estimated in people from the marche region of italy. this region includes both urban and rural areas and its inhabitants frequently keep dogs for company, hunting, as guardians or shepherds. t. canis infection was diagnosed in 33.6% out of 295 dogs examined. nearly half of the dogs (48.4%) living in rural areas were found t. canis positive, compared to about one-quarter of the dogs (26.2%) from urban areas. analysis by provenance and ... | 2003 | 12719139 |
| [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 |
| preliminary data on echinococcus granulosus (batsch, 1786) in dogs from lombardia and marche regions (northern and central italy). | | 2004 | 16044716 |
| 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 ... | 2011 | 21739378 |
| host preferences of phlebotomine sand flies at a hypoendemic focus of canine leishmaniasis in central italy. | a survey was carried out on phlebotomine sand flies and their feeding habits at a hypoendemic focus of leishmania infantum in macerata province, central italy. during two consecutive years (2000-2001), 1465 sand fly specimens (42.5% of which were males) were collected from a variety of diurnal resting sites in the municipality of camerino. the most prevalent species was phlebotomus perniciosus (76.6%), followed by p. papatasi (10.4%), sergentomyia minuta (9.1%), phlebotomus perfiliewi (3.3%) and ... | 2003 | 14516922 |
| dermatitis associated with dirofilaria (nochtiella) repens microfilariae in dogs from central italy. | pruritic dermatitis associated with dirofilaria (nochtiella) repens microfilariae in the blood was diagnosed in 22 dogs from fermo (central italy). according to the history, previous unsuccessful treatments with corticosteroids, antibiotics, restricted diet, flea control, levamisole and ivermectin were recorded in 17 dogs (77.3%). the combined filtration tests and antigen tests, performed during the study, were negative for dirofilaria immitis and acanthocheilonema reconditum in each case. derma ... | 2002 | 12061238 |