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Canine and feline cardiopulmonary parasitic nematodes in Europe: emerging and underestimated.

Traversa D, Di Cesare A, Conboy G

Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy. dtraversa@unite.it.

ABSTRACT: Cardiopulmonary nematodes of dogs and cats cause parasitic diseases of central relevance in current veterinary practice. In the recent past the distribution of canine and feline heartworms and lungworms has increased in various geographical areas, including Europe. This is true especially for the metastrongyloids Aelurostrongylus abstrusus, Angiostrongylus vasorum and Crenosoma vulpis, the filarioid Dirofilaria immitis and the trichuroid Eucoleus aerophilus (syn. Capillaria aerophila). The reasons of this emergence are little known but many drivers such as global warming, changes in vector epidemiology and movements in animal populations, may be taken into account. The purpose of this article is to review the knowledge of the most important heartworm and lungworm infections of dogs and cats in Europe. In particular recent advances in epidemiology, clinical and control are described and discussed.

Published 18 August 2010 in Parasit Vectors, 3: 62.
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