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Fornasieri A, D'Amico G. Experimental IgA mesangial nephropathy: the role of antigen and antibody. CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEPHROLOGY 2015; 111:149-54. [PMID: 7538929 DOI: 10.1159/000423890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
MESH Headings
- Aleutian Mink Disease/immunology
- Animals
- Antibodies, Viral/immunology
- Antigens, Bacterial/immunology
- Dextrans/immunology
- Dextrans/toxicity
- Dinitrophenols/immunology
- Disease Models, Animal
- Glomerulonephritis, IGA/immunology
- Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative/etiology
- Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative/immunology
- Immune Complex Diseases/etiology
- Immune Complex Diseases/immunology
- Immunization, Passive
- Immunoglobulin A/toxicity
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Mutant Strains
- Mink
- Parainfluenza Virus 1, Human/immunology
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Lew
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Gentile MG, Porrini M, Manna GM, Ciceri R, Cofano F, Simonetti P, D'Amico G. Water- and fat-soluble vitamin status in chronic renal insufficiency patients. CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEPHROLOGY 2015; 98:89-97. [PMID: 1493737 DOI: 10.1159/000421604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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D'Amico G, Ferrario F, Napodano P, Giordano A. Does 'idiopathic' extracapillary glomerulonephritis exist as a distinct entity? CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEPHROLOGY 2015; 94:66-71. [PMID: 1807896 DOI: 10.1159/000420612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Luciani L, Rovelli E, Colleoni N, Mocetti P, Ballanti P, Bonucci E, D'Amico G. Role of aluminum in uremic osteodystrophy. CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEPHROLOGY 2015; 77:168-76. [PMID: 2188785 DOI: 10.1159/000418117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Gentile MG, Fellin G, Manna G, Ferrario L, Brunelli R, D'Amico G. Dietetic education and assessment of compliance in patients with chronic renal insufficiency. CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEPHROLOGY 2015; 55:36-45. [PMID: 3829682 DOI: 10.1159/000413402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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D'Amico G, Gentile MG. Dietary control may influence several risk factors in patients with chronic renal failure. CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEPHROLOGY 2015; 81:29-34. [PMID: 2093509 DOI: 10.1159/000418733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Gentile MG, Manna GM, Ferrario L, D'Amico G. Preliminary experience on dietary management of chronic renal failure. CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEPHROLOGY 2015; 53:102-8. [PMID: 3542376 DOI: 10.1159/000413153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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D'Amico G, Ragni A, Torpia R. Factors of progression in IgA mesangial nephropathy. CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEPHROLOGY 2015; 75:76-81. [PMID: 2697510 DOI: 10.1159/000417732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Sinico RA, Fornasieri A, D'Amico G. Role and clinical significance of rheumatoid factors in glomerulonephritis. CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEPHROLOGY 2015; 61:149-55. [PMID: 3282778 DOI: 10.1159/000415245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Petrini C, Rizza V, Bazzi C, Sabadini E, D'Amico G. Comparison of SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting with polyclonal and monoclonal antihuman albumin sera for the detection of urinary polymers of albumin. CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEPHROLOGY 2015; 101:158-63. [PMID: 8467670 DOI: 10.1159/000422125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Gentile MG, Manna GM, D'Amico G, Testolin G, Porrini M, Simonetti P. Vitamin nutrition in patients with chronic renal failure and dietary manipulation. CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEPHROLOGY 2015; 65:43-50. [PMID: 3168460 DOI: 10.1159/000415746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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(1) Vitamin abnormalities in patients with CRF are frequent and appear early even with mild renal failure; (2) early supplementation with water-soluble vitamins should be given to patients on low-protein diets--the amount of the supplementation, however, remains to be determined; (3) fat-soluble vitamin supplements (A and E) should be avoided and their dietary intake limited, and (4) it is obvious that vitamin nutrition in patients with CRF requires further investigation.
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Vendemia F, D'Amico G. Antihypertensive therapy in dialysed patients. CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEPHROLOGY 2015; 61:161-70. [PMID: 3282779 DOI: 10.1159/000415247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Gentile MG, D'Amico G. How to measure and how to improve dietary compliance. CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEPHROLOGY 2015; 81:1-8. [PMID: 2093484 DOI: 10.1159/000418728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Schiavina G, Arrigo G, Mattai del Moro R, D'Urbano M, Morello AC, Vegni M, D'Amico G, Luzzatti G. Urography and sonography in the diagnosis of reflux nephropathy. CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEPHROLOGY 2015; 61:220-7. [PMID: 3282782 DOI: 10.1159/000415253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Ferrario F, Napodano P, Giordano A, Gandini E, Boeri R, D'Amico G. Peculiar type of focal and segmental lupus glomerulitis: glomerulonephritis or vasculitis? CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEPHROLOGY 2015; 99:86-93. [PMID: 1458932 DOI: 10.1159/000421694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Ferrario F, Castiglione A, Colasanti G, Barbiano di Belgioioso G, Bertoli S, D'Amico G. Role of monocytes in human glomerulonephritis. Histochemical study. CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEPHROLOGY 2015; 45:131-40. [PMID: 3979050 DOI: 10.1159/000410456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Colasanti G, Banfi G, di Belgiojoso GB, Bertoli S, Fogazzi G, Ragni A, Ponticelli C, Minetti L, D'Amico G. Idiopathic IgA mesangial nephropathy: clinical features. CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEPHROLOGY 2015; 40:147-55. [PMID: 6499447 DOI: 10.1159/000409743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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D'Amico G, di Belgiojoso GB, Imbasciati E, Fogazzi G, Radaelli L, Ferrario F, Fellin G, Ponticelli C, Minetti L. Idiopathic IgA mesangial nephropathy: natural history. CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEPHROLOGY 2015; 40:208-13. [PMID: 6499451 DOI: 10.1159/000409752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Matei IA, Kalmár Z, Magdaş C, Magdaş V, Toriay H, Dumitrache MO, Ionică AM, D'Amico G, Sándor AD, Mărcuţan DI, Domşa C, Gherman CM, Mihalca AD. Anaplasma phagocytophilum in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks from Romania. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2015; 6:408-13. [PMID: 25838178 DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2014] [Revised: 01/21/2015] [Accepted: 03/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Granulocytic anaplasmosis is a common vector-borne disease of humans and animals with natural transmission cycle that involves tick vectors, among which Ixodes ricinus is the most important. The present paper reports the prevalence and geographical distribution of A. phagocytophilum in 10,438 questing Ixodes ricinus ticks collected at 113 locations from 40 counties of Romania. The unfed ticks were examined for the presence of A. phagocytophilum by PCR targeting a portion of ankA gene. The overall prevalence of infection was 3.42%, with local prevalences ranging between 0.29% and 22.45%, with an average prevalence of 5.39% in the infected localities. The infection with A. phagocytophilum was detected in 72 out of 113 localities and in 34 out of 40 counties. The highest prevalence was recorded in females followed by males and nymphs. The results and the distribution model have shown a large distribution of A. phagocytophilum, covering Romania's entire territory. This study is the first large scale survey of the presence of A. phagocytophilum in questing I. ricinus ticks from Romania.
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Mihalca AD, D'Amico G, Scurtu I, Chirilă R, Matei IA, Ionică AM. Further spreading of canine oriental eyeworm in Europe: first report of Thelazia callipaeda in Romania. Parasit Vectors 2015; 8:48. [PMID: 25623605 PMCID: PMC4316761 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-0663-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2014] [Accepted: 01/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Despite the increasing number of reports of autochthonous cases of ocular thelaziosis in dogs in several European countries, and the evident emergence of human cases, the distribution and spreading potential of this parasite is far for being fully known. In Romania, despite intensive surveillance performed over recent years on the typical hosts of T. callipaeda, the parasite has not been found until now. METHODS In October 2014 a German Shepherd was presented for consultation to a private veterinary practice from western Romania with a history of unilateral chronic conjunctivitis. Following a close examination of the affected eye, nematodes were noticed in the conjunctival sac. The specimens collected were used for morphological examination (light microscopy) and molecular analysis (amplification of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene, followed by sequencing). RESULTS Thirteen nematodes were collected, all identified morphologically as T. callipaeda. The history of the dog revealed no travel outside Romania, and during the last year, not even outside the home locality. The BLAST analysis of our sequence showed a 100% similarity T. callipaeda haplotype h1. CONCLUSIONS This is the first report of T. callipaeda in Romania, which we consider to be with autochthonous transmission. These findings confirm the spreading trend of T callipaeda and the increased risk of emerging vector-borne zoonoses.
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Mihalca AD, D'Amico G, Scurtu I, Chirilă R, Matei IA, Ionică AM. Further spreading of canine oriental eyeworm in Europe: first report of Thelazia callipaeda in Romania. Parasit Vectors 2015. [PMID: 25623605 DOI: 10.1186/s13071–015–0663–2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Despite the increasing number of reports of autochthonous cases of ocular thelaziosis in dogs in several European countries, and the evident emergence of human cases, the distribution and spreading potential of this parasite is far for being fully known. In Romania, despite intensive surveillance performed over recent years on the typical hosts of T. callipaeda, the parasite has not been found until now. METHODS In October 2014 a German Shepherd was presented for consultation to a private veterinary practice from western Romania with a history of unilateral chronic conjunctivitis. Following a close examination of the affected eye, nematodes were noticed in the conjunctival sac. The specimens collected were used for morphological examination (light microscopy) and molecular analysis (amplification of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene, followed by sequencing). RESULTS Thirteen nematodes were collected, all identified morphologically as T. callipaeda. The history of the dog revealed no travel outside Romania, and during the last year, not even outside the home locality. The BLAST analysis of our sequence showed a 100% similarity T. callipaeda haplotype h1. CONCLUSIONS This is the first report of T. callipaeda in Romania, which we consider to be with autochthonous transmission. These findings confirm the spreading trend of T callipaeda and the increased risk of emerging vector-borne zoonoses.
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Ionică AM, Matei IA, Mircean V, Dumitrache MO, D'Amico G, Győrke A, Pantchev N, Annoscia G, Albrechtová K, Otranto D, Modrý D, Mihalca AD. Current surveys on the prevalence and distribution of Dirofilaria spp. and Acanthocheilonema reconditum infections in dogs in Romania. Parasitol Res 2014; 114:975-82. [PMID: 25544702 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-4263-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2014] [Accepted: 12/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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During the last decades, Dirofilaria spp. infection in European dogs has rapidly spread from historically endemic areas towards eastern and northeastern countries, but little or no information is available from these geographical regions. The present study provides a picture of filarial infections in dogs from Romania and compares two tests for the diagnosis of Dirofilaria immitis. From July 2010 to March 2011, blood samples were collected from 390 dogs from nine counties of Romania and serological SNAP tests were performed for the detection of D. immitis antigen. The remaining blood clots were subsequently used for DNA extraction followed by multiplex PCR for assessing filarioid species diversity (i.e. D. immitis, Dirofilaria repens and Acanthocheilonema reconditum). Based on molecular detection, an overall prevalence of 6.92 % (n = 27; 95 % confidence interval (CI) 4.70-10.03 %) for D. repens, 6.15 % (n = 24; 95 % CI 4.07-9.14 %) for D. immitis and 2.05 % (n = 8; 95 % CI 0.96-4.16 %) for A. reconditum was recorded, with significant variations according to sampling areas. Coinfections of D. immitis and D. repens were recorded in 23.91 % (n = 11) positive dogs. A slightly higher prevalence for D. immitis was detected at the SNAP test (n = 28, 7.17 %; 95 % CI 4.91-10.33 %), but this difference was not statistically significant (p = 0.66). However, only 53.57 % (n = 15) of antigen-positive dogs were confirmed by PCR, while other dogs (n = 9) PCR positive for D. immitis were negative at the serology. The present study shows that Dirofilaria species are endemic in the southern and southeastern areas of Romania, This article also provides, for the first time, an epidemiological picture of the distribution of A. reconditum in Romania.
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Di Benedetto F, Di Sandro S, De Ruvo N, Montalti R, Guerrini GP, Ballarin R, Spaggiari M, Mimmo A, D'Amico G, Cautero N, Iemmolo RM, Gerunda GE. Immunosuppressive switch to sirolimus in renal dysfunction after liver transplantation. Transplant Proc 2014; 41:1297-9. [PMID: 19460544 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Nephrotoxicity is a serious adverse effect after liver transplantation often related to calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) with a incidence of 18.1% at 5 years. Sirolimus (SRL) is a new immunosuppressive drug that was introduced into solid organ transplant management in 1999. Herein we have performed a retrospective review of patients who developed renal insufficiency owing to CNI therapy after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-one patients were switched to SRL monotherapy because of nephrotoxicity as evidenced by serum creatinine levels (SCr) > 1.8 mg/dL and estimated glomerular filtration rates (eGFR) < 45 mL/min/1.73 m(2). The dosage was adjusted to achieve trough levels between 8 and 10 ng/mL. RESULTS The patients were followed for a mean of 52 months (range 2-88 months) after OLT. Mean follow-up after the switch was 27.5 months (range, 2-71.2 months). Immunosuppression was switched after a mean of 35.2 months (range, 0.2-43.4 months). Renal function was significantly improved, as shown by the improved SCr, urea, and eGFR after the switch. CONCLUSIONS CNIs may be associated with significant nephrotoxicity and chronic kidney damage. Patients who develop renal dysfunction after OLT may be successfully treated by an early switch from CNIs to SRL, stopping the progression toward chronic renal damage and preserving allograft survival.
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Sándor AD, Dumitrache MO, D'Amico G, Kiss BJ, Mihalca AD. Rhipicephalus rossicus and not R. sanguineus is the dominant tick species of dogs in the wetlands of the Danube Delta, Romania. Vet Parasitol 2014; 204:430-2. [PMID: 24893695 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2014] [Revised: 05/07/2014] [Accepted: 05/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Changes in the distribution of tick species are among the major causes for the increase in prevalence of zoonotic diseases worldwide, with tick-borne diseases' prevalence showing an emerging pattern. One of these ticks, Rhipicephalus rossicus, which is reported occasionally from humans, seems to be particularly interesting because of its demonstrated vectorial role for zoonotic pathogens like Francisella tularensis, Coxiella burnetii, or CCHF and West Nile viruses. Here we report a case of dominant occurrence of R. rossicus on household dogs in the wetlands of Eastern Europe (Romania). Ticks were collected from dogs in 5 distinct locations, with 1068 ticks of 6 species found. R. rossicus had a dominant occurrence in dogs in all but one location, accounting for 87.1% of all ticks (32.3-95.3% in different locations). Until this study, Rhipicephalus sanguineus was considered as the only important tick species on dogs in south-temperate regions of Europe, as well in Romania. The dominant presence of R. rossicus in dogs, its vectorial competence and broad host spectrum (including humans), make this tick species an important candidate for further analysis and highlight the paucity of our knowledge on disease vectors in this region of Europe.
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Ionică AM, D'Amico G, Mitková B, Kalmár Z, Annoscia G, Otranto D, Modrý D, Mihalca AD. First report of Cercopithifilaria spp. in dogs from Eastern Europe with an overview of their geographic distribution in Europe. Parasitol Res 2014; 113:2761-4. [PMID: 24825312 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-3931-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2014] [Accepted: 04/25/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Dogs in Europe may be parasitized by a variety of species of filarioids. While some species have been studied for decades, others have been only recently reported, and their range of distribution is still unknown. The present study was aimed to investigate the occurrence of Cercopithifilaria spp., whose microfilariae reside in the dermis and are transmitted by Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l. ticks, in a dog population from Romania and to present the current knowledge of their distribution in Europe. Sampling was performed in a rural locality from Danube Delta region of Romania, location chosen due to the presence of the only known vector for these species. Skin samples were collected from 39 dogs. The samples were tested for the presence of Cercopithifilaria spp. by PCR methods. One animal (2.56%) was positive, and the amplified sequence showed a 100% similarity to Cercopithifilaria bainae. This study reports C. bainae for the first time in Eastern Europe, extending the known range of the genus in Europe.
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