| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |