Role of golden jackals (Canis aureus) as natural reservoirs of Dirofilaria spp. in Romania

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Alternative codes found

RIV/62157124:16170/16:43874072 RIV/62157124:16810/16:43874072

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1524-3" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1524-3</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1524-3" target="_blank" >10.1186/s13071-016-1524-3</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Role of golden jackals (Canis aureus) as natural reservoirs of Dirofilaria spp. in Romania

Original language description

Background: Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens are mosquito-transmitted zoonotic nematodes, causing heartworm disease and skin lesions, respectively, in carnivores. In Europe, the domestic dog is apparently the main definitive host, but patent infections occur also in other species of carnivores. The rapid spread of the golden jackals (Canis aureus) throughout Europe opens a question of involvement of this species in the sylvatic cycle of pathogens in the colonised territories, including Dirofilaria spp. nnMethods: Between January 2014 and May 2015, 54 golden jackals from 18 localities in Romania were examined by full necropsy for the presence of adult filarioid nematodes and blood samples from all animals were screened for the presence of microfilariae of D. immitis, D. repens and Acanthocheilonema reconditum by multiplex PCR DNA amplification. nnResults: Nematodes morphologically identified as D. immitis were found in 18.52 % of the animals, originating from the southern part of Romania. No D. repens or A. reconditum were found at necropsy. The molecular prevalence in blood samples from the same animals was 9.26 % for D. immitis and 1.85 % for D. repens. All samples were negative by PCR for A. reconditum. nnConclusion: The relatively high prevalence of Dirofilaria spp. infections in golden jackals from Romania together with the increasing density of the jackal populations highlight their potential role in the transmission of these zoonotic parasites and in the maintenance of natural disease foci.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

GJ - Diseases and animal vermin, veterinary medicine

OECD FORD branch

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Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Parasites Vectors

ISSN

1756-3305

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

9

Issue of the periodical within the volume

APR 28

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000375037000001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84964956433