| zoonotic dirofilaria repens (nematoda: filarioidea) in aedes vexans mosquitoes, czech republic. | the surveillance of vectors for arthropod-borne pathogens is nowadays an important tool in surveillance programmes throughout europe. whereas many studies have been performed to screen arthropods for viruses or bacterial pathogens, only limited information is available concerning the geographical distribution and vector range of pathogenic filariae in central europe. to consider the prevalence of filarial parasites in mosquito vectors, we performed a molecular survey of mosquitoes for filarial d ... | 2014 | 25346197 |
| dirofilaria repens: emergence of autochthonous human infections in the czech republic (case reports). | human dirofilariasis is a zoonotic infection that continues to spread to previously unaffected areas of europe. in the south moravian region of the czech republic (cr), imported as well as autochthonous canine infections were recorded in the last decade, and parasite dna was detected in mosquitoes of aedes vexans. in the present paper, human dirofilaria infections are reported from the country for the first time. | 2016 | 27094256 |