Circulation of Dirofilaria repens and Dirofilaria immitis in Moldova

Parasites & Vectors

Table 3 Dirofilaria spp.-positive mosquito species in Moldova between 2010 and 2015 previously identified as potential vector species during different field-studies in Europe

Mosquito species	Detected Dirofilaria species in Moldavian mosquito species	Countries with detection of D. repens in the mosquito species	Countries with detection of D. immitis in the mosquito species
Culex pipiens (s.l.)/torrentium	D. repens and D. immitis	Italy [49], Serbia [39]	Belarus [16], Italy [40, 46, 49, 58], Serbia [39], Turkey [50], Germany [53], Portugal [41], Hungary [63], Spain [42]
Anopheles maculipennis (s.l.)	D. repens and D. immitis	Germany [53, 60], Austria [61], Hungary [38]	Italy [40], Portugal [41]
Aedes vexans	D. repens	Czech Republic [62], Germany [60], Hungary [38], Serbia [39], Slovakia [43, 44]	Italy [58], Turkey [50]
Culex modestus	D. repens	Hungary [38]	Hungary [63]
Aedes annulipes	D. repens	Hungary [38]	–
Culiseta annulata	D. repens	Germany [60]	–
Aedes caspius	D. repens	–	Italy [58], Hungary [63], Portugal [41], Serbia [39]
Aedes sticticus	D. repens	Hungary [38], Serbia [39]
Coquillettidia richiardii	D. repens	Hungary [38]	Serbia [39], Italy [40]

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