Abstract
Onchocerca lupi infection is reported primarily in symptomatic dogs. We aimed to determine the infection in dogs from areas of Greece and Portugal with reported cases. Of 107 dogs, 9 (8%) were skin snip-positive for the parasite. DNA sequences of parasites in specimens from distinct dog populations differed genetically from those in GenBank.
Keywords:
Greece; Onchocerca lupi; Portugal; dogs; infection; parasites; zoonoses.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Dog Diseases / epidemiology*
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Dog Diseases / history
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Dogs
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Female
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Genes, Helminth
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Geography, Medical
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Greece / epidemiology
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History, 21st Century
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Male
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Onchocerca / classification*
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Onchocerca / genetics*
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Onchocerciasis / veterinary*
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Phylogeny
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Portugal / epidemiology
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Zoonoses / epidemiology*
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Zoonoses / history
Associated data
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GENBANK/KC686701
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GENBANK/KC686702
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GENBANK/KC686703
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GENBANK/KC686704