Sabūnas V, Radzijevskaja J, Sakalauskas P, Paulauskas A
Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University, Vileikos str. 8, Kaunas, Lithuania, 44404.
Linas Veterinary clinic, Debreceno str. 5, Klaipeda, Lithuania, 94175.
Helminthologia. 2019 Mar 6;56(1):57-61. doi: 10.2478/helm-2018-0036. eCollection 2019 Mar.
Over the past decade, increasing numbers of autochthonous cases of heartworm infection have been reported in the countries of Eastern Europe where previously only imported cases were described. In this report we have described the first clinical case of infection in an imported dog in Lithuania. In 2018, a 5-year-old male Spanish greyhound (Spanish galgo) was imported to Lithuania from southern Spain and referred to a small animal veterinary clinic in Vilnius for wellness screening. Circulating microfilariae and female antigens of were detected using the Knott's test and SNAP 4Dx Plus Test (IDEXX Laboratories, Portland, USA). The diagnosis was confirmed using molecular analysis. Treatment according to the guidelines recommended by the American Heartworm Society was applied. This is the first confirmed report of canine heartworm infection in an imported dog in Lithuania. Heartworminfected dogs transported to North-Eastern Europe from endemic areas could act as microfilarial reservoirs for the local mosquito population, which could increase the risk of spreading the disease.
在过去十年中，东欧国家报告的本地丝虫感染病例数量不断增加，而此前这些国家仅报告过输入性病例。在本报告中，我们描述了立陶宛首例输入性犬感染丝虫的临床病例。2018年，一只5岁的雄性西班牙灵缇犬从西班牙南部进口到立陶宛，并被转诊至维尔纽斯的一家小动物兽医诊所进行健康筛查。使用诺氏试验和SNAP 4Dx Plus检测（美国波特兰的IDEXX实验室）检测到循环微丝蚴和丝虫雌性抗原。通过分子分析确诊。根据美国心丝虫协会推荐的指南进行治疗。这是立陶宛首例输入性犬感染丝虫的确诊报告。从流行地区运往东北欧的感染丝虫的犬可能成为当地蚊虫种群的微丝蚴储存宿主，这可能会增加疾病传播的风险。
