TY - JOUR
T1 - The first report of Dirofilaria repens infection in dogs from Colombia
AU - Ballesteros, Nathalia
AU - Castañeda, Sergio
AU - Muñoz, Marina
AU - Flórez, Angel
AU - Pinilla, Juan Carlos
AU - Ramírez, Juan David
N1 - Funding Information:
We want to thank Natalia Velásquez and Mateo Alvarado for their support in reviewing the manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2023/10
Y1 - 2023/10
N2 - Dirofilariasis is a mosquito-borne disease caused by Dirofilaria parasites, affecting both wild and domestic animals, including humans considered as accidental hosts. Dirofilaria repens is the principal causative agent of dirofilariasis in the Old World, with increasing reports of the parasite in countries where it has not been previously identified, due to several factors such as the expansion of mosquito vectors’ geographical distribution. By utilizing newly designed primers for molecular detection and confirming through next-generation sequencing, here, we report the first plausible cases of D. repens in dogs from Colombia. Our results support the classification of this species as an emergent pathogen in the Americas. Finally, we encourage an increase in diagnostic and surveillance efforts to prevent and control the current and future dirofilariasis cases in this region.
AB - Dirofilariasis is a mosquito-borne disease caused by Dirofilaria parasites, affecting both wild and domestic animals, including humans considered as accidental hosts. Dirofilaria repens is the principal causative agent of dirofilariasis in the Old World, with increasing reports of the parasite in countries where it has not been previously identified, due to several factors such as the expansion of mosquito vectors’ geographical distribution. By utilizing newly designed primers for molecular detection and confirming through next-generation sequencing, here, we report the first plausible cases of D. repens in dogs from Colombia. Our results support the classification of this species as an emergent pathogen in the Americas. Finally, we encourage an increase in diagnostic and surveillance efforts to prevent and control the current and future dirofilariasis cases in this region.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00436-023-07926-z
DO - 10.1007/s00436-023-07926-z
M3 - Research Article
C2 - 37530869
AN - SCOPUS:85166431441
SN - 0932-0113
VL - 122
SP - 2445
EP - 2450
JO - Parasitology Research
JF - Parasitology Research
IS - 10
ER -
