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    Dirofilaria immitis conquering the regions in Slovakia previously endemic for D. repens

    The present study was focused on the current state of Dirofilaria species distribution in the territory of the Slovak Danubian Lowland, a region previously identified endemic for Dirofilaria repens. For the resea...

    Martina Miterpáková, Daniela Valentová, Zuzana Hurníková in Parasitology Research (2023)

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    Molecular Study of Echinococcus granulosus Cestodes in Ukraine and the First Genetic Identification of Echinococcus granulosus Sensu Stricto (G1 Genotype) in the Country

    Cystic echinococcosis is a globally distributed zoonotic disease of great medical and veterinary importance, which is caused by the cestode Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato. In Ukraine, two areas of the promine...

    Viliam Šnábel, Tetiana A. Kuzmina, Anatoliy A. Antipov… in Acta Parasitologica (2022)

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    Bartonella species in medically important mosquitoes, Central Europe

    Here, we provide the first mass molecular screening of medically important mosquitoes for Bartonella species using multiple genetic markers. We examined a total of 72,115 mosquito specimens, morphologically attri...

    Ivo Rudolf, Hana Blažejová, Jan Mendel, Petra Straková… in Parasitology Research (2020)

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    Pseudo-Tumor of the Epididymis, a Rare Clinical Presentation of Human Dirofilaria repens Infection: a Report of Autochthonous Case of Dirofilariasis in Southwestern Slovakia

    Dirofilariasis caused by the filarial nematode Dirofilaria repens is mainly a disease of dogs and other carnivores. Also, humans can be accidentally infected with this parasite. The infective third-stage filarifo...

    Vojtech Boldiš, František Ondriska, Vladimír Bošák, Ondrej Hajdúk… in Acta Parasitologica (2020)

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    Heartworm on the rise—new insights into Dirofilaria immitis epidemiology

    Until recently Dirofilaria immitis, the causative agent of serious canine heartworm disease, has been detected relatively infrequently in Central Europe in comparison with the predominant D. repens species. In th...

    Martina Miterpáková, Dana Valentová, Viktória Čabanová… in Parasitology Research (2018)

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    GIS-based environmental analysis of fox and canine lungworm distribution: an epidemiological study of Angiostrongylus vasorum and Crenosoma vulpis in red foxes from Slovakia

    Over a period of intervening years, the distribution of two canine cardiopulmonary metastrongylid nematodes, Angiostrongylus vasorum and Crenosoma vulpis, has been recognised in Central Europe. Here, we report th...

    Viktória Čabanová, Martina Miterpáková, Michal Druga… in Parasitology Research (2018)

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    Cryptic species Anopheles daciae (Diptera: Culicidae) found in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

    We report the distribution of mosquitoes of the maculipennis complex in two distinct areas of the Czech Republic (Bohemia and South Moravia) and in one locality of neighbouring Slovakia with emphasis on the de...

    Hana Blažejová, Oldřich Šebesta, František Rettich, Jan Mendel… in Parasitology Research (2018)

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    Nematode Thelazia callipaeda is spreading across Europe. The first survey of red foxes from Slovakia

    Canine thalaziosis caused by the spirurid nematode Thelazia callipaeda has started to spread across Western and Central Europe during the last decade. In Slovakia, the first autochthonous cases of this infection ...

    Viktória Čabanová, Martina Miterpáková, Martin Oravec… in Acta Parasitologica (2018)

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    Canine dirofilariosis endemic in Central Europe—10 years of epidemiological study in Slovakia

    The study presents the comprehensive results of a detailed epidemiological study on canine dirofilariosis in Slovakia, Central Europe. More than 4000 dogs were investigated, and several epidemiological factors...

    Martina Miterpáková, Adriana Iglódyová, Viktória Čabanová… in Parasitology Research (2016)

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    Recent study on canine vector-borne zoonoses in southern Slovakia - serologic survey

    Over the last decade a significant spread of Canine Vector Borne Diseases has been recorded in Central Europe. The aim of the study described here, was to collect current data on the occurrence and distributio...

    Viktória Čabanová, Nikola Pantchev, Zuzana Hurníková… in Acta Parasitologica (2015)

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    Case of human Dirofilaria repens infection manifested by cutaneous larva migrans syndrome

    Dirofilaria repens, parasite of subcutaneous tissues of dogs and other carnivores, represents high infection risk for animals and humans in Europe. In men, infection usually presents as n...

    Daniela Antolová, Martina Miterpáková, Zuzana Paraličová in Parasitology Research (2015)

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    The first clinically manifested case of angiostrongylosis in a dog in Slovakia

    The first clinical case of canine angiostrongylosis from Slovakia, previously infection-free country, is described. 18-month old male Bernese mountain dog living in south-eastern part of Slovakia showed poor h...

    Martina Miterpáková, Zuzana Hurníková, Artur P. Zalewski in Acta Parasitologica (2014)

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    Occurrence of Echinococcus multilocularis in red foxes from the Carpathian regions of Slovakia and Poland

    The extensive distribution of Echinococcus multilocularis cestode from endemic alpine areas to the parts of Central Europe has been recorded in recent years. The first confirmed finding of E. multilocularis in Sl...

    Katarína Reiterová, Ewa Dziemian, Martina Miterpáková… in Acta Parasitologica (2006)