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Suspected autochthonous Thelazia callipaeda infection in a dog in northern Germany (2020)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Lebedewa, Sophia L. (WE 13)

Tkocz, Kevin

Clausen, Peter-Henning (WE 13)

Nijhof, Ard M. (WE 13)

Quelle

Parasitology research

Bandzählung: 119

Heftzählung: 12

Seiten: 4277 – 4280

ISSN: 0932-0113

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

URL (Volltext): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00436-020-06920-z

DOI: 10.1007/s00436-020-06920-z

Pubmed: 33048206

Kontakt

Institut für Parasitologie und Tropenveterinärmedizin

Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 7-13
14163 Berlin
+49 30 838 62310
parasitologie@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

A 12-year old Elo dog was presented with recurring symptoms of conjunctivitis in November 2019. A single whitish nematode was found upon inspection of the eye and identified as a Thelazia callipaeda male. The morphological identification of the eye worm was supported by analysis of a partial cytochrome c oxidase I (cox1) gene sequence. The dog lived in Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany, and had not visited regions known to be endemic for T. callipaeda. This suggests that a local transmission cycle of this zoonotic nematode may exist in Germany.