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Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Disease
New vector-borne and zoonotic disease research from University of Pisa discussed
July 15th, 2008
According to recent research from Pisa, Italy, "Foxes (Vulpes vulpes, n = 132) killed during the hunting seasons 2005-2006 in Central Italy (Tuscany region) were examined in order to investigate the possible importance of this animal as a wild reservoir for zoonotic filariae. In each specimen adult worms of Dirofilaria immitis and hematic microfilariae were searched for." "Species identification was performed by morphology, morphometry, the Barka staining technique applied to pulmonary and splenic blood smears, and, finally, by molecular diagnostics-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequencing. Twenty-three subjects (17.4%) proved to be positive for filarial...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-07-15)
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