Comparative Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Veterinary Faculty, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Leopoldstraße 5, 80802 Munich, Germany.
Parasitol Res. 2012 Apr;110(4):1537-45. doi: 10.1007/s00436-011-2659-y. Epub 2011 Sep 27.
Canine arthropod-borne infections are of major interest in small animal practice and have been widely investigated in Central and Western Europe. However, only limited epidemiological data are available from South-Eastern European countries, although diseases including babesiosis or dirofilariosis are widely recognised as important canine infections in these countries. A steadily increasing number of dogs imported from South-Eastern Europe into Germany require particular attention by small animal practitioners. In this study, a total of 216 dogs [29 local Romanian pet dogs presented at Salvavet Veterinary Clinic in Bucharest, Romania, and 187 imported stray dogs from Romania (n = 109) and Hungary (n = 78) into Germany] were screened by molecular biological, serological and haematological methods for canine arthropod-borne infections. Eleven different parasitic and bacterial vector-borne pathogens-Babesia canis canis, Babesia canis vogeli, Babesia gibsoni, Babesia felis-like, Hepatozoon canis, Leishmania spp., Dirofilaria immitis, Dirofilaria repens, Acanthocheilonema reconditum, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Mycoplasma haemocanis-were detected. Fifty-six percent of the dogs were positive by direct methods. B. canis canis was the most prevalent pathogen in dogs imported to Germany (42.8%) and dogs submitted for clinical consultation in Bucharest (44.8%). Our data strongly suggest the introduction of an adjusted screening panel in dogs from South-East Europe in view of increasing importation of dogs into Germany.
犬节肢动物传播感染在小动物临床实践中具有重要意义，在中欧和西欧得到了广泛研究。然而，来自东南欧国家的此类感染的流行病学数据有限，尽管包括巴贝斯虫病或心丝虫病在内的疾病在这些国家被广泛认为是重要的犬类感染。越来越多的从东南欧进口到德国的犬只需要小动物临床医生特别关注。在这项研究中，总共对 216 只狗[29 只罗马尼亚本地宠物犬在罗马尼亚布加勒斯特的 Salvavet 兽医诊所就诊，187 只从罗马尼亚（n=109）和匈牙利（n=78）进口的流浪犬进入德国]通过分子生物学、血清学和血液学方法进行了犬节肢动物传播感染的筛查。检测到 11 种不同的寄生虫和细菌性媒介传播病原体-犬巴贝斯虫、犬巴贝斯虫 vogeli、犬巴贝斯虫 gibsoni、猫巴贝斯虫样虫、犬肝孢子虫、利什曼原虫、犬心丝虫、犬心丝虫、细粒棘球绦虫、嗜吞噬细胞无形体和犬支原体。56%的狗通过直接方法呈阳性。在进口到德国的犬（42.8%）和布加勒斯特就诊的犬（44.8%）中，犬巴贝斯虫 canis 是最常见的病原体。我们的数据强烈表明，鉴于德国进口犬只数量的增加，应在来自东南欧的犬中引入调整后的筛查小组。
