| cystic echinococcosis in italy from the 1950s to present. | in italy the epidemiological pattern of cistic echinococcosis (ce) is incomplete and the information for most regions is out of date, contradictory, and almost exclusively limited to the intermediate hosts. the disease is found most frequently in particular social and economic conditions: widespread use of extensive or semi-extensive sheep farming, illegal slaughtering, and high numbers of sheepdogs and other types of dogs. the highest incidence in sheep is found in sardinia (70.6-92.8%), sicily ... | 2004 | 16044697 |
| biology of thelazia callipaeda (spirurida, thelaziidae) eyeworms in naturally infected definitive hosts. | thelazia callipaeda (spirurida, thelaziidae) eyeworm causes ocular infection in carnivores and humans in the far east; this infection has been recently reported also in europe--northern and southern italy--in dogs, cats and foxes. the natural vector/s of t. callipaeda is/are unknown and the development of the nematode in its definitive hosts is limited to an experimental trial on dogs. to contribute new insights into the development of t. callipaeda in the definitive host in field conditions, ey ... | 2004 | 15552407 |
| thelazia callipaeda (spirurida, thelaziidae) of carnivores and humans: morphological study by light and scanning electron microscopy. | thelazia nematodes cause ocular infection in several mammals and are transmitted by dipteran flies. thelazia callipaeda railliet and henry 1910 (spirurida, thelaziidae) is common in the far east, where it causes eyeworm infection in carnivores and humans. in the past few years, it has also been reported in dogs, cats and foxes in northern and southern italy. although a great deal of work has been carried out in china and other eastern countries, knowledge of the morphology of t. callipaeda is sc ... | 2003 | 15267100 |
| current status and epidemiological observation of thelazia callipaeda (spirurida, thelaziidae) in dogs, cats and foxes in italy: a "coincidence" or a parasitic disease of the old continent? | thelazia callipaeda is a spirurid nematode which causes ocular infections in dogs and man and, occasionally, in cats, foxes and rabbits. the intermediate host and vector of t. callipaeda is unknown. for a long time t. callipaeda incidence was reported only from the russian federation and the far east, but recently it has also been found in italy. in order to investigate the spread of t. callipaeda in italy, a survey was carried out in two sites, site a in the piedmont region (north west italy), ... | 2003 | 14580802 |