Emerging risk of Dirofilaria spp. infection in Northeastern Europe: high prevalence of Dirofilaria repens in sled dog kennels from the Baltic countries

Abstract Dirofilariasis is a fast-spreading disease of dogs and humans in Europe. We investigated whether Dirofilaria spp. have spread northwards in Europe, invading the Baltic countries. Altogether, 424 blood samples were collected from eight countries in the period 2017–2019, including 227 samples...

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Main Authors: Mustafa Alsarraf, Viktoria Levytska, Ewa J. Mierzejewska, Vasyl Poliukhovych, Anna Rodo, Mohammed Alsarraf, Dziyana Kavalevich, Dorota Dwużnik-Szarek, Jerzy M. Behnke, Anna Bajer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80208-1