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Zoonotic dirofilariases:
one, no one, or more than one parasite (2024)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Perles, Livia

Dantas-Torres, Filipe

Krücken, Jürgen (WE 13)

Morchón, Rodrigo

Walochnik, Julia

Otranto, Domenico

Quelle

Trends in parasitology

Bandzählung: 40

Heftzählung: 3

Seiten: 257 – 270

ISSN: 1471-4922

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

URL (Volltext): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38228446/

DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2023.12.007

Pubmed: 38228446

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

Dirofilaria spp. are vector-borne filarial nematodes that affect a variety of animal species, including humans. Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens are the two main zoonotic species, but also other wildlife-associated Dirofilaria species are occasionally reported as causative agents of human dirofilariasis, including Dirofilaria striata, Dirofilaria tenuis, Dirofilaria ursi, Dirofilaria spectans, and Dirofilaria magnilarvata. Since the etiological identity of most of the species mentioned here is arguable, we summarized and critically discussed data concerning infections in humans, focusing on the reliability of Dirofilaria species identification. We advocate the importance of combined morphological and genomic approaches to provide unequivocal evidence for their zoonotic potential and pathogenicity.