Journal
VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES
Volume 16, Issue 2, Pages 136-138Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2015.1833
Keywords
Dirofilariosis; Zoonosis; Disease reservoirs; Public health; Europe; Baltic States
Funding
- Strategic Development Fund of the Estonian University of Life Sciences [M14143VLVP]
- Estonian Research Council [TerVe 3.2.1002.11-0002 EKZE_SS]
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In Europe, the zoonotic parasite Dirofilaria repens continues to spread northward. We describe three likely autochthonous canine microfilaremic D. repens infections from Estonia, an European Union country located in the Baltic region of northern Europe. The parasite species was confirmed with sequencing. These are new northernmost D. repens findings in Europe and show that the zoonotic parasite has spread farther north. Infection with D. repens should be included in the list of differential diagnoses for human and animal hosts also in northern Europe.
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