Chair of Comparative Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany.
Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2009 Oct;121 Suppl 3:42-5. doi: 10.1007/s00508-009-1234-3.
Summary. The importance of arthropod-borne diseases increased in the recent past in particular due to frequent travel with dogs in or by importing of dogs from regions with endemic occurrence of these diseases. While the epidemiological situation is well known for the western parts of the Mediterranean, only limited data is available for Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Thirty clinically healthy dogs from suburban areas of Tirana, Albania, were tested for Babesia canis, Hepatozoon spp., Leishmania spp., Dirofilaria spp., Ehrlichia canis, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Bartonella spp. and Rickettsia spp. using direct and indirect methods. Antibodies against and/or pathogens of arthropod-borne diseases were detected in the blood of 20 (67%) dogs. Nineteen dogs (63%) had antibodies against B. canis, E. canis and/or A. phagocytophilum. Babesia c. canis, Babesia c. vogeli, Hepatozoon spp., D. immitis and/or E. canis were identified by blood smear, PCR or ELISA in 13 (43%) dogs. There was no evidence for Leishmania spp., Bartonella spp. and Rickettsia spp. infections.
摘要。近年来，由于频繁携带狗旅行或从这些疾病流行地区进口狗，虫媒病的重要性增加。虽然地中海西部地区的流行病学情况众所周知，但东欧和巴尔干地区的相关数据有限。对来自阿尔巴尼亚地拉那郊区的 30 只临床健康的狗进行了犬巴贝斯虫、肝孢虫属、利什曼原虫、心丝虫属、犬埃立克体、嗜吞噬细胞无形体、巴尔通体和立克次体的检测，使用直接和间接方法。在血液中检测到 20 只（67%）狗存在虫媒病的抗体和/或病原体。19 只（63%）狗的血液中存在犬巴贝斯虫、犬埃立克体和/或嗜吞噬细胞无形体的抗体。通过血涂片、PCR 或 ELISA 在 13 只（43%）狗中鉴定出犬巴贝斯虫、犬巴贝斯虫 vogeli、肝孢虫属、犬心丝虫和/或犬埃立克体。未发现利什曼原虫、巴尔通体和立克次体感染的证据。
