Seroprevalence of circulating Angiostrongylus vasorum antigen and parasite-specific antibodies in dogs from Portugal.

摘要: Angiostrongylus vasorum is a nematode that lives in the pulmonary arteries and right cardiac ventricle of domestic dogs wild canids. It increasingly being reported several European countries North America. This parasite induces inflammatory verminous pneumonia, causing severe respiratory disease dogs. In some instances, coagulopathies, neurological signs even death may occur. Scant data are available regarding occurrence A. Portugal. Therefore, sera 906 shelter from to South mainland Portugal were collected. ELISAs detect circulating antigen specific antibodies against this performed. A total six [0.66 %, 95 % confidence intervals (CI) 0.24–1.43] positive for both antibody detection, indicating an active infection, 12 (1.32 %, CI 0.68–2.30) antibody-positive only. Regions with antigen- animals overlapped distributed over nearly all sampled areas country. first large-scale ELISA-based serological survey The endemic different geographical therefore confirmed.