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Microfilariae species identified by histochemical staining and partially confirmed by PCRa
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Total number and origin of dogs
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Mean length ± standard deviation (μm)
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Mean width ± standard deviation (μm)
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Dirofilaria immitis
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60 (GR 1; IT 6; PT 33; ES 16; TR 2; UO 2)
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301.77 ± 6.29
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6.30 ± 0.26
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Dirofilaria repens
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171 (BG 1; FR 1; GR 5; IT 10; RO 3; ES 2; HU 141; UO 8)
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369.44 ± 10.76
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8.87 ± 0.58
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Acanthocheilonema dracunculoides
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133 (PT 69; ES 55; UO 9)
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259.43 ± 6.69
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5.09 ± 0.47
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Acanthocheilonema reconditum
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13 (IT 13)
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264.83 ± 5.47
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4.63 ± 0.52
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- Mean length and mean width (μm) of microfilariae determined after fixation with the modified Knott’s technique of confirmed single filarial infections in 377 dogs.
- IT, Italy; ES, Spain; GR, Greece; PT, Portugal; RO, Romania; HU, Hungary; BG, Bulgaria; TR, Turkey; FR, France; Unknown Origin: UO.
- a PCR confirmation for 6 samples positive for D. immitis, 4 for D. repens, 7 for A. dracunculoides and 6 for A. reconditum infections.
