Onchocerca lupi in imported dogs in the UK: implications for animal and public health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Onchocerca lupi is a filarial nematode affecting dogs, and occasionally cats and humans, in continental Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and the USA. Adult worms are usually found in periocular nodules and enucleation is sometimes required if the infection fails to respond to other treatment options.

Case presentation

Here, we report the presence of O. lupi in the UK for the first time. Of two dogs re-homed from continental Europe, one developed an ocular nodule seven years after arrival from Portugal. The conjunctival perilimbal mass in its left eye was surgically removed but despite anthelminthic treatment, a further nodule developed in the same eye six months later. In the second case - a dog imported from Romania 12 months earlier - a perilimbal mass was

SUBMITTER: McGarry JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8830170 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature