Cercopithifilaria spp. of dogs: little known but prevalent filarioids beneath the skin

Bezerra-Santos, Marcos Antonio; Dantas-Torres, Filipe; Ramos, Rafael Antonio Nascimento; Brianti, Emanuele; Otranto, Domenico

doi:10.1186/s13071-023-06007-5

Parasites & Vectors

Table 2 Cercopithifilaria spp. described to date, with their hosts and tick vectors

From: Cercopithifilaria spp. of dogs: little known but prevalent filarioids beneath the skin

Species	Hosts	Tick vector	References
Cercopithifilaria bainae	Dogs	Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato	[14, 57]
Cercopithifilaria grassi	Dogs	Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato	[50]
Cercopithifilaria sp. II	Dogs	Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato	[17]
Cercopithifilaria longa	Ruminants	Unknown	[36]
Cercopithifilaria ruandae	Ruminants	Unknown	[36]
Cercopithifilaria dermicola	Ruminants	Unknown	[38]
Cercopithifilaria faini	Ruminants	Unknown	[36]
Cercopithifilaria bulboidea	Ruminants	Unknown	[36]
Cercopithifilaria crassa	Ruminants	Unknown	[36]
Cercopithifilaria multicauda	Ruminants	Unknown	[37]
Cercopithifilaria minuta	Ruminants	Unknown	[36]
Cercopithifilaria tumidicervicata	Ruminants	Unknown	[36]
Cercopithifilaria rugosicauda	Ruminants	Ixodes ricinus	[67, 73]
Cercopithifilaria shohoi	Ruminants	Unknown	[74]
Cercopithifilaria cephalophi	Ruminants	Unknown	[35]
Cercopithifilaria degraaffi	Non-human primates	Unknown	[42]
Cercopithifilaria eberhardi	Non-human primates	Unknown	[42]
Cercopithifilaria kenyensis	Non-human primates	Unknown	[34, 42]
Cercopithifilaria narokensis	Non-human primates	Unknown	[42]
Cercopithifilaria verveti	Non-human primates	Unknown	[43]
Cercopithifilaria corneti	Viverrids	Unknown	[47]
Cercopithifilaria johnstoni	Murids and marsupials	Ixodes trichosuri	[45]
Cercopithifilaria didelphis	Marsupials	Unknown	[35]
Cercopithifilaria pearsoni	Marsupials	Unknown	[44]
Cercopithifilaria gabonensis	Porcupines	Unknown	[35]
Cercopithifilaria roussilhoni	Porcupines	Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato	[46]
Cercopithifilaria japonica	Bears	Unknown	[48]
Cercopithifilaria leporinus	Lagomorphs	Unknown	[49]

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