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Development of an indirect ELISA for the serodiagnosis of canine infection by O...
Latrofa, Maria Stefania; Louzada-Flores, Viviane Noll; Maia, Carla; Kelly, Maureen A; Verocai, Guilherme G; Cantacessi, Cinzia; Otranto, Domenico© 2024. The Author(s).; Onchocerca lupi is a zoonotic filarioid parasite of dogs and cats with widespread distribution. A specific non-invasive diagnostic assay for the detection of O. lupi infections remains unavailable. This study aimed to assess the accuracy, specificity, and sensitivity of an ELISA test designed using nine peptides from two O. lupi proteins. Sera (n = 54) collected from O. lupi infected dog...
Vector-borne and other pathogens of potential relevance disseminated by relocat...
Maggi, Ricardo Guillermo; Halls, Vicky; Krämer, Friederike; Lappin, Michael; Pennisi, Maria Grazia; Peregrine, Andrew S; Roura, Xavier© 2022. The Author(s).; Large populations of unowned cats constitute an animal welfare, ecological, societal and public health issue worldwide. Their relocation and homing are currently carried out in many parts of the world with the intention of relieving suffering and social problems, while contributing to ethical and humane population control in these cat populations. An understanding of an individual cat's ...
Geographic distribution of the V1016G knockdown resistance mutation in Aedes al...
Pichler, Verena; Caputo, Beniamino; Valadas, Vera; Micocci, Martina; Horvath, Cintia; Virgillito, Chiara; Akiner, Mustafa; Balatsos, GeorgiosFunding Information: This paper was produced in the framework of the COST Action Aedes Invasive Mosquitoes (CA17108; http://www.aedescost.eu ) supported by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) www.cost.eu . Funding Information: This work received financial support from: national funds through MUR-PRIN2020 to AdT; FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in the framework of the proj...
Efficacy of a spot-on formulation containing moxidectin 2.5%/imidacloprid 10% f...
Otranto, Domenico; Colella, Vito; Bezerra-santos, Marcos Antônio; Mendoza-roldan, Jairo Alfonso; Cavalera, Maria Alfonsa; Pereira, AndréFunding Information: The authors are grateful to Giada Annoscia and Riccardo Paolo Lia (Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Italy) for their support during molecular identification and morphometric determination of the parasites. Funding Information: This study has been partially funded by Elanco Animal Health, Monheim, Germany. Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s).; BACKGROUND: Onchoce...
Parasites and vector-borne diseases disseminated by rehomed dogs
Wright, Ian; Jongejan, Frans; Marcondes, Mary; Peregrine, Andrew; Baneth, Gad; Bourdeau, Patrick; Bowman, Dwight D; Breitschwerdt, Edward BThe Companion Vector-Borne Diseases (CVBD) World Forum is a working group of leading international experts who meet annually to evaluate current scientific findings and future trends concerning the distribution, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis and prevention of vector-borne infections of dogs and cats. At the 14th Symposium of the CVBD World Forum in Trieste, Italy (March 25-28, 2019), we identif...
Canine leishmaniasis control in the context of one health
Dantas-Torres, Filipe; Miró, Guadalupe; Baneth, Gad; Bourdeau, Patrick; Breitschwerdt, Edward; Capelli, Gioia; Cardoso, Luís; Day, Michael J.Dogs are the main reservoir of Leishmania infantum and in some countries have been regularly culled as part of government policy to control visceral leishmaniasis. At the 13th Symposium of the Companion Vector-Borne Diseases World Forum in Windsor, UK, March 19-22, 2018, we consolidated a consensus statement regarding the usefulness of dog culling as a means of controlling visceral leishmaniasis. The statement ...
Recent advances on Dirofilaria repens in dogs and humans in Europe
Capelli, Gioia; Genchi, Claudio; Baneth, Gad; Bourdeau, Patrick; Brianti, Emanuele; Cardoso, Luís; Danesi, Patrizia; Fuehrer, Hans PeterDirofilaria repens is a nematode affecting domestic and wild canids, transmitted by several species of mosquitoes. It usually causes a non-pathogenic subcutaneous infection in dogs and is the principal agent of human dirofilariosis in the Old World. In the last decades, D. repens has increased in prevalence in areas where it has already been reported and its distribution range has expanded into new areas of Eur...
Evaluation of oxfendazole in the treatment of zoonotic Onchocerca lupi infectio...
Colella, Vito; Maia, Carla; Pereira, André; Gonçalves, Nuno; Caruso, Marta; Martin, Coralie; Cardoso, Luis; Campino, Lenea; Scandale, IvanThe genus Onchocerca encompasses parasitic nematodes including Onchocerca volvulus, causative agent of river blindness in humans, and the zoonotic Onchocerca lupi infecting dogs and cats. In dogs, O. lupi adult worms cause ocular lesions of various degrees while humans may bear the brunt of zoonotic onchocercosis with patients requiring neurosurgical intervention because of central nervous system localization o...
A real-time PCR tool for the surveillance of zoonotic Onchocerca lupi in dogs, ...
Latrofa, Maria Stefania; Annoscia, Giada; Colella, Vito; Cavalera, Maria Alfonsa; Maia, C; Martin, Coralie; Šlapeta, Jan; Otranto, DomenicoThe ocular onchocercosis is caused by the zoonotic parasite Onchocerca lupi (Spirurida: Onchocercidae). A major hindrance to scientific progress is the absence of a reliable diagnostic test in affected individuals. Microscopic examination of skin snip sediments and the identification of adults embedded in ocular nodules are seldom performed and labour-intensive. A quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) assay was her...
Genetic characterization of Rhipicephalus sanguineus (sensu lato) ticks from do...
Dantas-Torres, Filipe; Maia, Carla; Latrofa, Maria Stefania; Annoscia, Giada; Cardoso, Luís; Otranto, DomenicoBackground: The taxonomic status of the brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus (sensu stricto) is a subject of on-going debate; there is a consensus that populations of this tick species should be referred to as R. sanguineus (sensu lato) until its taxonomic status is resolved. Recent genetic studies revealed the existence of more than one lineage of R. sanguineus (s.l.) in temperate countries. In this study, ...