A study on canine dirofilariasis in selected areas of Sri Lanka.
Canine dirofilariasis
Dirofilaria immitis
Dirofilaria repens
Mongrels
Sri Lanka
Journal
BMC research notes
ISSN: 1756-0500
Titre abrégé: BMC Res Notes
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101462768
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
14 Apr 2022
14 Apr 2022
Historique:
received:
27
11
2021
accepted:
01
04
2022
entrez:
15
4
2022
pubmed:
16
4
2022
medline:
19
4
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Canine dirofilariasis is a mosquito borne zoonotic filarial parasitic disease caused by Dirofilaria species. In Sri Lanka, human dirofilariasis is endemic and well documented. Even though canine dirofilariasis is an established infection among dog populations in Sri Lanka, the prevalence and risk factors were not documented in Kanthale divisional secretariat, Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of dirofilariasis and to identify the exposure-related risk factors in dogs using an interviewer administered questionnaire in Kanthale divisional secretariat. Out of 162 blood samples collected from dogs, 47.5% (n = 77/162) were positive for the presence of microfilariae by direct smear. Of 162 samples 58.6% (n = 95/162) were molecularly identified as D. repens. Species-specific primer pair DIR3/DIR4 that amplified 5S rRNA was used. The current study observed a significant association between mongrels and canine dirofilariasis (p = 0.049), where 61.3% (n = 95) out of 155 mongrels showed PCR positivity. This study showed no significant association between the occurrence of dirofilariasis and the age, sex, rearing method, presence or absence of skin rash, and stray or domestic dogs. Dirofilaria immitis was not identified in direct smear test and PCR.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35421998
doi: 10.1186/s13104-022-06024-0
pii: 10.1186/s13104-022-06024-0
pmc: PMC9009037
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
137Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s).
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