TY - JOUR AU - De Liberato, Claudio AU - Grifoni, Goffredo AU - Lorenzetti, Raniero AU - Meoli, Roberta AU - Cocumelli, Cristiano AU - Mastromattei, Antonio AU - Scholl, Francesco AU - RombolĂ , Pasquale AU - Calderini, Pietro AU - Bruni, Gianpaolo AU - Eleni, Claudia PY - 2017 DA - 2017/08/11 TI - Angiostrongylus vasorum in wolves in Italy: prevalence and pathological findings JO - Parasites & Vectors SP - 386 VL - 10 IS - 1 AB - Angiostrongylus vasorum is a nematode residing in the heart and pulmonary vessels of dogs and wild carnivores. In Europe the red fox is its reservoir, while only three records from wolves have been published. Angiostrongylus vasorum has a worldwide distribution, and many pieces of evidence demonstrate that it is spreading from endemic areas to new ones. In Italy, A. vasorum was reported with increasing frequency in dogs and foxes in the last decades, and now it is considered endemic throughout the country. Angiostrongylus vasorum can be asymptomatic or cause respiratory and circulatory disorders, at times causing severe disseminated infections. SN - 1756-3305 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2307-1 DO - 10.1186/s13071-017-2307-1 ID - De Liberato2017 ER -