Journalartikel
Autorenliste: Uribe, Manuel; Segeritz, Lisa; Schnyder, Manuela; Taubert, Anja; Hermosilla, Carlos; Lopez-Osorio, Sara; Gongora-Orjuela, Agustin; Chaparro-Gutierrez, Jenny J.
Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2022
Zeitschrift: Microorganisms
Bandnummer: 10
Heftnummer: 8
eISSN: 2076-2607
Open Access Status: Gold
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10081565
Verlag: MDPI
Abstract:
Angiostrongylus vasorum is a cardiopulmonary nematode, causing several clinical manifestations in dogs, e.g., severe respiratory signs, coagulopathy, and gastrointestinal or neurological signs. In the last decades, this parasite has been described to spread and emerge in Europe and North America. Scant studies on A. vasorum occurrence in South America exist. Recently, A. vasorum was detected in gastropod intermediate hosts in Colombia, where data on definitive host prevalence, e.g., dogs and wild canids, are still limited. Therefore, the sera of 955 dogs, varying in age and breed from seven different departments all over Colombia, were collected and analysed for A. vasorum antigens and parasite-specific antibodies by ELISA. In total, 1.05 % (n = 10; 95 % CI 0.40-1.69) of the samples were antigen-positive and 2.62 % (n = 25; 95 % CI 1.61-3.63) were antibody-positive. These results confirm the presence of A. vasorum in Colombia, although positive results in antigen and antibody reactions in the same dog were not detected. This study is the first large-scale survey on A. vasorum seroprevalences in dogs from Colombia.
Zitierstile
Harvard-Zitierstil: Uribe, M., Segeritz, L., Schnyder, M., Taubert, A., Hermosilla, C., Lopez-Osorio, S., et al. (2022) Nationwide Seroprevalence Survey of Angiostrongylus vasorum-Derived Antigens and Specific Antibodies in Dogs from Colombia, Microorganisms, 10(8), Article 1565. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10081565
APA-Zitierstil: Uribe, M., Segeritz, L., Schnyder, M., Taubert, A., Hermosilla, C., Lopez-Osorio, S., Gongora-Orjuela, A., & Chaparro-Gutierrez, J. (2022). Nationwide Seroprevalence Survey of Angiostrongylus vasorum-Derived Antigens and Specific Antibodies in Dogs from Colombia. Microorganisms. 10(8), Article 1565. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10081565
Schlagwörter
Angiostrongylus vasorum; CANINE ANGIOSTRONGYLOSIS; ELISA; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND; PARASITE-SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES; PATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS; SEROLOGICAL DETECTION
