Table 3 An overview of diagnosed filarioid infections in wild carnivore species from Europe
From: Filarioid infections in wild carnivores: a multispecies survey in Romania
Host species | Country | D. immitis | D. repens | A. reconditum | Reference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prevalence in % (method) | Patencya | Prevalence in % (method) | Patency (%)a | Prevalence in % (method) | Patency (%)a | |||
Vulpes vulpes | Bulgaria | 5.1 (necropsy) | not assessed | – | – | – | – | [9] |
3.0 (necropsy) | not assessed | – | – | – | – | [12] | ||
25.22 (necropsy) | not assessed | – | – | – | – | [16] | ||
Serbia | 1.55 (necropsy) | not assessed | – | – | – | – | [14] | |
– | – | 2.77 (necropsy) | not assessed | – | – | [21] | ||
Hungary | 3.7 (necropsy) | 0 | – | – | – | – | [15] | |
Italy | 9.56 (necropsy) | 0.38 | 1.14 (smears) | 1.14 | 10.89 (smears) | 10.89 | [7] | |
6.06 (necropsy) | 1.51 | 0.75 (smears, PCR) | 0.75 | 9.09 (smears, PCR) | 9.09 | [13] | ||
Spain | 12.7 (necropsy) | not assessed | – | – | – | – | [8] | |
0.4 (necropsy) | not assessed | – | – | – | – | [11] | ||
Romania | 0.33 (PCR: spleen) | not assessed | 0.66 (PCR: spleen) | not assessed | 0.33 (PCR: spleen) | not assessed | Present study | |
Canis aureus | Bulgaria | 4.4 (necropsy) | not assessed | – | – | – | – | [9] |
8.9 (necropsy) | not assessed | – | – | – | – | [12] | ||
37.54 (necropsy) | not assessed | – | – | – | – | [16] | ||
Serbia | 7.32 (necropsy) | not assessed | – | – | – | – | [14] | |
Hungary | 7.4 (necropsy) | 0 | – | – | – | – | [15] | |
Romania | 18.52 (necropsy); 9.26 (PCR: blood) | not assessed | 1.85 (PCR: blood) | not assessed | 0 (PCR: blood) | not assessed | [17] | |
15.15 (necropsy); 7.58 (PCR: spleen) | not assessed | 3.03 (PCR: spleen) | not assessed | 0 (PCR: spleen) | not assessed | Present study | ||
Canis lupus | Bulgaria | 5.5 (necropsy) | not assessed | – | – | – | – | [9] |
Serbia | 1.43 (necropsy) | not assessed | – | – | – | – | [14] | |
– | – | 1.63 (necropsy) | not assessed | – | – | [21] | ||
Macedonia | – | – | 10.0 (necropsy) | not assessed | – | – | [21] | |
Italy | 1 case (necropsy) | not assessed | – | – | – | – | [19] | |
Spain | 2.1 (necropsy) | not assessed | – | – | – | – | [10] | |
Romania | 0 (PCR: spleen) | not assessed | 7.14 (PCR: spleen) | not assessed | 0 (PCR: spleen) | not assessed | Present study | |
Felis silvestris | Serbia | 7.69 (necropsy) | not assessed | – | – | – | – | [14] |
Romania | 10 (PCR: spleen) | not assessed | 0 (PCR: spleen) | not assessed | 0 (PCR: spleen) | not assessed | Present study | |
Lutra lutra | Portugal | 1 case (necropsy) | not assessed | – | – | – | – | [20] |
Romania | 16.67 (necropsy); 0 (PCR: spleen) | not assessed | 0 (PCR: spleen) | not assessed | 0 (PCR: spleen) | not assessed | Present study | |
Martes foina | Slovakia | 0 (PCR: spleen) | not assessed | 33.3 (PCR: spleen) | not assessed | 0 (PCR: spleen) | not assessed | [22] |
Mustela nivalis | Romania | 0 (PCR: spleen) | not assessed | 33.3 (PCR: spleen) | not assessed | 0 (PCR: spleen) | not assessed | Present study |