Urbanization impact on mosquito community and the transmission potential of filarial infection in central Europe.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite long-term research on dirofilariosis in Slovakia, little attention has thus far been paid to Dirofilaria vectors. The particular aim of the present study was molecular screening for filarioid parasites in two different habitats of Bratislava, the capital city of Slovakia. In addition, the effect of urbanisation on mosquito species abundance and composition, associated with the risk of mosquito-borne infections, was studied and discussed.

Methods

Mosquitoes were identified by morphological features, and molecular methods were also used for determination of selected individuals belonging to cryptic species from the Anopheles maculipennis and Culex pipiens complexes. The presence of filarioid DNA (Dirofilaria repens, Dirofilaria immitis and Setaria spp.) was

SUBMITTER: Cabanova V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5937826 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature