Dirofilaria spp. and Angiostrongylus vasorum: Current Risk of
Spreading in Central and Northern Europe

J 2021

Dirofilaria spp. and Angiostrongylus vasorum: Current Risk of Spreading in Central and Northern Europe

FUEHRER, H.P., S. MORELLI, M.S. UNTERKOEFLER, A. BAJER, K. BAKRAN-LEBL et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Dirofilaria spp. and Angiostrongylus vasorum: Current Risk of Spreading in Central and Northern Europe

Authors

FUEHRER, H.P. (guarantor), S. MORELLI, M.S. UNTERKOEFLER, A. BAJER, K. BAKRAN-LEBL, D. DWUZNIK-SZAREK, R. FARKAS, G. GRANDI, M. HEDDERGOTT, P. JOKELAINEN, T. KNIFIC, M. LESCHNIK, M. MITERPAKOVA, David MODRÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), H.H. PETERSEN, K. SKIRNISSON, A.V. RATAJ, M. SCHNYDER and C. STRUBE

Edition

Pathogens, BASEL, MDPI, 2021, 2076-0817

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10606 Microbiology

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor: 4.531

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/21:00123362

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10101268

UT WoS

000711771900001

Keywords in English

Central Europe; Northern Europe; Dirofilaria immitis; Dirofilaria repens; Angiostrongylus vasorum

Abstract

V originále

In the past few decades, the relevance of Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens, causing cardiopulmonary and subcutaneous dirofilariosis in dogs and cats, and of Angiostrongylus vasorum, causing canine angiostrongylosis, has steadily increased in Central and Northern Europe. In this review, a summary of published articles and additional reports dealing with imported or autochthonous cases of these parasites is provided for Central (Austria, Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Luxemburg, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Switzerland) and Northern (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) Europe. Research efforts focusing on Dirofilaria spp. and A. vasorum have varied by country, and cross-border studies are few. The housing conditions of dogs, pet movements, the spread of competent vectors, and climate change are important factors in the spread of these nematodes. Dogs kept outside overnight are a major factor for the establishment of Dirofilaria spp. However, the establishment of invasive, diurnal, synanthropic, competent mosquito vectors such as Aedes albopictus may also influence the establishment of Dirofilaria spp. The drivers of the spread of A. vasorum remain not fully understood, but it seems to be influenced by habitats shared with wild canids, dog relocation, and possibly climatic changes; its pattern of spreading appears to be similar in different countries. Both Dirofilaria spp. and A. vasorum merit further monitoring and research focus in Europe.

Citovat

FUEHRER, H.P., S. MORELLI, M.S. UNTERKOEFLER, A. BAJER, K. BAKRAN-LEBL, D. DWUZNIK-SZAREK, R. FARKAS, G. GRANDI, M. HEDDERGOTT, P. JOKELAINEN, T. KNIFIC, M. LESCHNIK, M. MITERPAKOVA, David MODRÝ, H.H. PETERSEN, K. SKIRNISSON, A.V. RATAJ, M. SCHNYDER and C. STRUBE. Dirofilaria spp. and Angiostrongylus vasorum: Current Risk of Spreading in Central and Northern Europe. Pathogens. BASEL: MDPI, 2021, vol. 10, No 10, p. "1268", 31 pp. ISSN 2076-0817. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10101268.

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N2  - In the past few decades, the relevance of Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens, causing cardiopulmonary and subcutaneous dirofilariosis in dogs and cats, and of Angiostrongylus vasorum, causing canine angiostrongylosis, has steadily increased in Central and Northern Europe. In this review, a summary of published articles and additional reports dealing with imported or autochthonous cases of these parasites is provided for Central (Austria, Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Luxemburg, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Switzerland) and Northern (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) Europe. Research efforts focusing on Dirofilaria spp. and A. vasorum have varied by country, and cross-border studies are few. The housing conditions of dogs, pet movements, the spread of competent vectors, and climate change are important factors in the spread of these nematodes. Dogs kept outside overnight are a major factor for the establishment of Dirofilaria spp. However, the establishment of invasive, diurnal, synanthropic, competent mosquito vectors such as Aedes albopictus may also influence the establishment of Dirofilaria spp. The drivers of the spread of A. vasorum remain not fully understood, but it seems to be influenced by habitats shared with wild canids, dog relocation, and possibly climatic changes; its pattern of spreading appears to be similar in different countries. Both Dirofilaria spp. and A. vasorum merit further monitoring and research focus in Europe.
ER  -

FUEHRER, H.P., S. MORELLI, M.S. UNTERKOEFLER, A. BAJER, K. BAKRAN-LEBL, D. DWUZNIK-SZAREK, R. FARKAS, G. GRANDI, M. HEDDERGOTT, P. JOKELAINEN, T. KNIFIC, M. LESCHNIK, M. MITERPAKOVA, David MODRÝ, H.H. PETERSEN, K. SKIRNISSON, A.V. RATAJ, M. SCHNYDER and C. STRUBE. Dirofilaria spp. and Angiostrongylus vasorum: Current Risk of Spreading in Central and Northern Europe. \textit{Pathogens}. BASEL: MDPI, 2021, vol.~10, No~10, p.~''1268'', 31 pp. ISSN~2076-0817. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10101268.

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