| morphological and molecular data on the dermal microfilariae of a species of cercopithifilaria from a dog in sicily. | dermal microfilariae found in a dog from sicily, italy, were characterized morphologically and genetically and differentiated from those of all the other blood microfilariae commonly found in dogs. in particular, the microfilariae were short (mean length of 186.7++m), presented a body flattened dorso-ventrally and a rounded head, bearing a tiny cephalic hook. the genetic identity of microfilariae herein studied was also assessed by molecular amplification, sequencing and analyzing of multiple ri ... | 2011 | 21705146 |
| redescription of cercopithifilaria bainae almeida & vicente, 1984 (spirurida, onchocercidae) from a dog in sardinia, italy. | three species of the genus cercopithifilaria have been morphologically and molecularly characterized in dog populations in southern europe: cercopithifilaria grassii (noè, 1907), cercopithifilaria sp. sensu otranto et al., 2011 (reported as cercopithifilaria sp. i), and cercopithifilaria sp. ii sensu otranto et al., 2012. the adults of cercopithifilaria sp. i have remained unknown until the present study. | 2013 | 23642161 |
| detection of dirofilaria immitis and other arthropod-borne filarioids by an hrm real-time qpcr, blood-concentrating techniques and a serological assay in dogs from costa rica. | canine filarioids are important nematodes transmitted to dogs by arthropods. diagnosis of canine filariosis is accomplished by the microscopic identification of microfilariae, serology or pcr for filarial-dna. the aim of this study was to evaluate a molecular assay for the detection of canine filariae in dog blood, to compare its performance to other diagnostic techniques, and to determine the relationship between microfilarial concentration and infection with other vector-borne pathogens. | 2015 | 25851920 |
| incidence of cercopithifilaria bainae in dogs and probability of co-infection with other tick-borne pathogens. | cercopithifilaria bainae is a filarioid parasite that infects dogs, being transmitted by rhipicephalus sanguineus group ticks in many countries of the mediterranean basin. this study assessed the incidence density rate (idr) of infection by c. bainae in dogs and the probability of co-infection with other tick-borne pathogens (i.e., anaplasma platys, babesia vogeli and hepatozoon canis), in an area of high endemicity in southern italy. | 2014 | 24498437 |
| filarioids infecting dogs in northeastern brazil. | species of filarial nematodes belonging to the genera dirofilaria and acanthocheilonema are recognised as common parasites of dogs throughout the world. recently, other filarioids featured by the presence of dermal microfilariae (e.g., onchocerca lupi and cercopithifilaria spp.) have been recognised in europe. in brazil, reports of filarioids in dogs are limited to dirofilaria immitis, acanthocheilonema reconditum and cercopithifilaria bainae. to investigate the distribution of filarial infectio ... | 2016 | 27514878 |
| molecular detection of tick-borne pathogens in rhipicephalus sanguineus group ticks. | the rhipicephalus sanguineus group includes some of the most widespread dog ticks, whose identification currently represents a difficult task due to the morphological similarities of these ixodid species. recently, following the morphological and molecular characterization of tick specimens collected from dogs in all continents, rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (s.l.), rhipicephalus turanicus and three different operational taxonomic units (namely rhipicephalus sp. i-iii) have been identified ... | 2014 | 25113982 |
| chronic polyarthritis associated to cercopithifilaria bainae infection in a dog. | despite the widespread distribution of cercopithifilaria bainae among canine and tick populations worldwide, this filarioid is currently considered of 'minor importance' in veterinary medicine, particularly when compared to related filarioids, such as dirofilaria immitis and dirofilaria repens. to date, only a single case of dermatological alterations possibly associated to infection by c. bainae had been reported in a dog. in the present study, we describe the first case of systemic alterations ... | 2014 | 25037896 |
| occurrence of hepatozoon canis and cercopithifilaria bainae in an off-host population of rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato ticks. | hepatozoon canis (eucoccidiorida, hepatozoidae) and the filarioid cercopithifilaria bainae (spirurida, onchocercidae) are tick-transmitted infectious agents of dogs, highly prevalent in the mediterranean basin in association with rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato. ticks were collected from the environment every 25±2 days in a confined location in southern italy where a community of dogs lives, from august 2012 to july 2013. in order to study the occurrence of h. canis and c. bainae, 1091 tick ... | 2014 | 24594107 |
| cercopithifilaria sp. ii in vulpes vulpes: new host affiliation for an enigmatic canine filarioid. | cercopithifilaria bainae and cercopithifilaria grassii (spirurida, onchocercidae) are filarioids inhabiting the skin of dogs worldwide. the microfilariae of a third species namely, cercopithifilaria sp. ii sensu otranto et al. 2013, have been morphologically and molecularly characterized but scientific knowledge of this parasite is minimal. the first case of infection of a red fox (vulpes vulpes) with the filarioid cercopithifilaria sp. ii is herein described in castro marim, portugal. microfila ... | 2017 | 27838834 |
| cercopithifilaria spp. in dogs in sardinia island (italy). | a survey on cercopithifilaria spp. was carried out on owned and kennelled dogs in sardinia, italy. a total of 180 dogs were sampled and tested by microscopic detection or pcr of dermal microfilariae in skin snip sediments. the overall prevalence for cercopithifilaria spp. at both microscopy and molecular tests was 9.4 % (17/180), while 8.3 % (15/180) of dogs scored positive at microscopic detection of sediments only. of the 225 microfilariae measured, 212 were identified as cercopithifilaria bai ... | 2014 | 24271152 |
| detection of cercopithifilaria bainae in western romania. | cercopithifilaria species are tick-transmitted filarial parasites of mammals. in europe, three cercopithifilaria spp. are known to parasitize dogs, all occurring mainly in the mediterranean countries. in romania, cercopithifilaria bainae has been reported in a single dog in eastern romania but the occurrence in other parts of the country is not known. to further elucidate the geographic distribution of cercopithifilaria spp. infection, 544 ticks were collected from dogs in several locations acro ... | 2017 | 28956159 |
| tick vectors of cercopithifilaria bainae in dogs: rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato versus ixodes ricinus. | recently, dermal microfilariae of a cercopithifilaria species (spirurida, onchocercidae), namely cercopithifilaria bainae , were detected in dogs from several geographical areas of the mediterranean basin. evidence from both laboratory and field studies support the role of the brown dog tick, rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato, as an intermediate host of this nematode. in the present study, we investigated the competence of ixodes ricinus nymphs as vectors of c. bainae. on november 2012, fully ... | 2013 | 23771741 |
| cercopithifilaria bainae in rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato ticks from dogs in brazil. | rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (s.l.) ticks act as intermediate host for a range of canine vector-borne pathogens, including nematodes ranked in the genus cercopithifilaria. though being the object of several studies in the last years, information on the distribution of these parasites is still lacking. in this study, the occurrence of cercopithifilaria spp. was investigated in on-host population of r. sanguineus s.l. collected from naturally infested dogs. ticks (n=1906, including one larv ... | 2017 | 28442240 |
| first report of cercopithifilaria spp. in dogs from eastern europe with an overview of their geographic distribution in europe. | dogs in europe may be parasitized by a variety of species of filarioids. while some species have been studied for decades, others have been only recently reported, and their range of distribution is still unknown. the present study was aimed to investigate the occurrence of cercopithifilaria spp., whose microfilariae reside in the dermis and are transmitted by rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l. ticks, in a dog population from romania and to present the current knowledge of their distribution in europ ... | 2014 | 24825312 |