Exposure of humans to the zoonotic nematode Dirofilaria immitis in Northern Portugal

被引：14

作者：

Fontes-Sousa, A. P. ^{[1
]}

Silvestre-Ferreira, A. C. ^{[2
,3
]}

Carreton, E. ^{[4
]}

Esteves-Guimaraes, J. ^{[5
]}

Maia-Rocha, C. ^{[6
]}

Oliveira, P. ^{[7
]}

Lobo, L. ^{[8
,9
,10
]}

Morchon, R. ^{[11
,12
]}

Araujo, F. ^{[6
,13
]}

Simon, F. ^{[11
,12
]}

Montoya-Alonso, J. A. ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Porto, Ctr Invest Farmacol & Inovacao Medicamentosa MedI, Inst Ciencias Biomed Abel Salazar, Lab Farmacol & Neurobiol, Porto, Portugal

[2] Univ Tras Os Montes & Alto Douro, Animai & Vet Res Ctr CECAV, Quinta Prados, P-5000801 Vila Real, Portugal

[3] Univ Tras Os Montes & Alto Douro, Dept Vet Sci, Quinta Prados, P-5000801 Vila Real, Portugal

[4] Univ Las Palmas Gran Canaria, Res Inst Biomed & Hlth Sci IUIBS, Las Palmas Gran Canaria 35001, Spain

[5] Ciin Vet Ovar, Ovar, Portugal

[6] Ctr Hosp Univ Sao Joao, Serv Imunohemoterapia, EPE, Porto, Portugal

[7] Univ Porto, Inst Ciencias Biomed, EPIUnit, ISPUP, Porto, Portugal

[8] Hosp Vet Porto, Travessa Silva Porto 174, P-4250475 Porto, Portugal

[9] Univ Lusofona Humanidades & Tecnol, Fac Med Vet, Campo Grande 376, P-1749024 Lisbon, Portugal

[10] Univ Porto, Ctr Study Anim Sci, CECA ICETA, Porto, Portugal

[11] Inst Biomed Res Salamanca IBSAL, Fac Pharm, Lab Parasitol, Salamanca, Spain

[12] Univ Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

[13] Univ Porto, Fac Med, Porto, Portugal

来源：

EPIDEMIOLOGY & INFECTION | 2019年 / 147卷

关键词：

Dirofilaria immitis; human; Portugal; seroepidemiologic study; Wolbachia pipientis; CANINE DIROFILARIASIS; CURRENT SITUATION; CANARY-ISLANDS; CULEX-PIPIENS; GRAN-CANARIA; VECTOR; PREVALENCE; INFECTION; RISK; DOGS;

D O I：

10.1017/S0950268819001687

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Dirofilariosis caused by Dirofilaria immitis (heartworm) is a zoonosis, considered an endemic disease of dogs and cats in several countries of Western Europe, including Portugal. This study assesses the levels of D. immitis exposure in humans from Northern Portugal, to which end, 668 inhabitants of several districts belonging to two different climate areas (Csa: Braganca, Vila Real and Csb: Aveiro, Braga, Porto, Viseu) were tested for anti-D. immitis and anti-Wolbachia surface proteins (WSP) antibodies. The overall prevalence of seropositivity to both anti-D. immitis and WSP antibodies was 6.1%, which demonstrated the risk of infection with D. immitis in humans living in Northern Portugal. This study, carried out in a Western European country, contributes to the characterisation of the risk of infection with D. immitis among human population in this region of the continent. From a One Health point of view, the results of the current work also support the close relationship between dogs and people as a risk factor for human infection

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