TY - JOUR AU - Ionică, Angela Monica AU - Matei, Ioana Adriana AU - D’Amico, Gianluca AU - Daskalaki, Aikaterini Alexandra AU - Juránková, Jana AU - Ionescu, Dan Traian AU - Mihalca, Andrei Daniel AU - Modrý, David AU - Gherman, Călin Mircea PY - 2016 DA - 2016/04/28 TI - Role of golden jackals (Canis aureus) as natural reservoirs of Dirofilaria spp. in Romania JO - Parasites & Vectors SP - 240 VL - 9 IS - 1 AB - Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens are mosquito-transmitted zoonotic nematodes, causing heartworm disease and skin lesions, respectively, in carnivores. In Europe, the domestic dog is apparently the main definitive host, but patent infections occur also in other species of carnivores. The rapid spread of the golden jackals (Canis aureus) throughout Europe opens a question of involvement of this species in the sylvatic cycle of pathogens in the colonised territories, including Dirofilaria spp. SN - 1756-3305 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1524-3 DO - 10.1186/s13071-016-1524-3 ID - Ionică2016 ER -