Zoonotic Onchocerca lupi infection in dogs, Greece and Portugal, 2011-2012.

ABSTRACT: Onchocerca lupi infection is reported primarily in symptomatic dogs. We aimed to determine the infection in dogs from areas of Greece and Portugal with reported cases. Of 107 dogs, 9 (8%) were skin snip-positive for the parasite. DNA sequences of parasites in specimens from distinct dog populations differed genetically from those in GenBank.

SUBMITTER: Otranto D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3840859 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature