Lalošević Vesna, Lalošević Dušan, Capo Ivan, Simin Verica, Galfi Annamaria, Traversa Donato
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 8, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.
Parasite. 2013;20:3. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2012003. Epub 2013 Jan 14.
The respiratory capillariid nematode Eucoleus aerophilus (Creplin, 1839) infects wild and domestic carnivores and, occasionally, humans. Thus far, a dozen of human infections have been published in the literature but it cannot be ruled out that lung capillariosis is underdiagnosed in human medicine. Also, the apparent spreading of E. aerophilus in different geographic areas spurs new studies on the epidemiology of this nematode. After the recognition of the first human case of E. aerophilus infection in Serbia, there is a significant merit in enhancing knowledge on the distribution of the nematode. In the present work the infection rate of pulmonary capillariosis was investigated in 70 red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from the northern part of Serbia by autopsy. The estimated infection rate with Eucoleus aerophilus was 84%. In contrast, by copromicroscopic examination only 38% of foxes were positive. In addition, 10 foxes were investigated for the closely related species in nasal cavity, Eucoleus boehmi, and nine were positive. Our study demonstrates one of the highest infection rates of pulmonary capillariosis in foxes over the world.
呼吸道毛细线虫嗜气欧氏线虫（Creplin，1839年）感染野生和家养食肉动物，偶尔也感染人类。迄今为止，文献中已发表了十几例人类感染病例，但不能排除在人类医学中肺毛细线虫病诊断不足的情况。此外，嗜气欧氏线虫在不同地理区域的明显传播促使人们对这种线虫的流行病学展开新的研究。在塞尔维亚确认首例人类嗜气欧氏线虫感染病例后，增进对线虫分布情况的了解具有重要意义。在本研究中，通过尸检调查了塞尔维亚北部70只赤狐（赤狐属）的肺毛细线虫病感染率。嗜气欧氏线虫的估计感染率为84%。相比之下，通过粪便显微镜检查，只有38%的狐狸呈阳性。此外，对10只狐狸鼻腔中密切相关的物种博氏欧氏线虫进行了调查，其中9只为阳性。我们的研究表明，狐狸的肺毛细线虫病感染率是世界上最高的之一。
