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Título: Heartworm disease (dirofilaria immitis) and their vectors in Europe - new distribution trends
Autores/as: Morchon Garcia,Rodrigo 
Carretón Gomez, Elena 
González-Miguel, J.
Mellado-Hernández, I.
Clasificación UNESCO: 310907 Patología
240112 Parasitología animal
Palabras clave: Heartworm disease
Dirofilaria immitis
Dogs
Cats
Prevalence, et al.
Fecha de publicación: 2012
Publicación seriada: Frontiers in Physiology 
Resumen: Cardiopulmonary dirofilariasis is a cosmopolitan disease caused by Dirofilaria immitis, which affects mainly canids and felids. Moreover, it causes zoonotic infections, producing pulmonary dirofilariasis in humans. Heartworm disease is a vector-borne transmitted disease, thus transmission depends on the presence of competent mosquito species, which is directly related to favorable climate conditions for its development and survival. Cardiopulmonary dirofilariasis is mainly located in countries with temperate and tropical climates. Europe is one of the continents where animal dirofilariasis has been studied more extensively. In this article we review the current prevalence of canine and feline cardiopulmonary dirofilariasis in the European continent, the transmission vectors, the current changes in the distribution and the possible causes, though the analysis of the epidemiological studies carried out until 2001 and between 2002 and 2011. The highest prevalences have been observed in the southern European countries, which are considered historically endemic/hyperendemic countries. Studies carried out in the last 10 years suggest an expansion of cardiopulmonary dirofilariasis in dogs toward central and northern Europe. Several factors can exert an influence on the spreading of the disease, such as movement of infected animals, the introduction of new species of mosquitoes able to act as vectors, the climate change caused by the global warming, and development of human activity in new areas. Veterinary controls to prevent the spreading of this disease, programs of control of vectors, and adequate protocols of prevention of dirofilariasis in the susceptible species should be carried out.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/45360
ISSN: 1664-042X
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00196
Fuente: Frontiers in Physiology, v. 3 JUN (Article 196)
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