@article {7897,
	title = {Canine onchocercosis in Greece: Report of further 20 cases and molecular characterization of the parasite and its Wolbachia endosymbiont},
	journal = {Veterinary ParasitologyVeterinary Parasitology},
	volume = {118},
	number = {1-2},
	year = {2003},
	note = {Cited By (since 1996): 5Export Date: 5 September 2006Source: ScopusReferences: Azarova, N.S., Miretskii, O.I., Sonin, M.D., The first instance of detection of nematode Onchocerca Diesing, 1841 in a person in the USSR (1965) Med. Paraszitol., 34, pp. 156-158. , (in Russian); Bandi, C., Trees, A.J., Brattig, N.W., Wolbachia in filarial nematodes: Evolutionary aspects and implications for the pathogenesis and treatment of filarial diseases (2001) Vet. Parasitol., 98, pp. 215-238; Burr, W.E., Brown, M.F., Eberhard, M.L., Zoonotic Onchocerca (Nematoda: Filarioidea) in the cornea of a Colorado resident (1998) Ophthalmology, 105, pp. 1494-1497; Casiraghi, M., Anderson, T.J.C., Bandi, C., Bazzocchi, C., Genchi, C., A phylogenetic analysis of filarial nematodes: Comparison with the phylogeny of Wolbachia endosymbionts (2001) Parasitology, 122, pp. 93-103; Eberhard, M.L., Ortega, Y., Dial, S., Schiller, C.A., Sears, A.W., Greiner, E., Ocular Onchocerca infections in two dogs in western United States (2000) Vet. Parasitol., 90, pp. 333-338; Egyed, Z., Sre?ter, T., Sze?ll, Z., Beszteri, B., Oravecz, O., Ma?rialigeti, K., Varga, I., Morphologic and genetic characterization of Onchocerca lupi infecting dogs (2001) Vet. Parasitol., 102, pp. 309-319; Egyed, Z., Sre?ter, T., Sze?ll, Z., Nyiro?, G., Dobos-Kova?cs, M., Ma?rialigeti, K., Varga, I., Electron microscopic and molecular identification of Wolbachia endosymbionts from Onchocerca lupi: Implications for therapy (2002) Vet. Parasitol., 106, pp. 75-82; Egyed, Z., Sre?ter, T., Sze?ll, Z., Nyiro?, G., Ma?rialigeti, K., Varga, I., Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Onchocerca lupi and its Wolbachia endosymbiont (2002) Vet. Parasitol., 108, pp. 155-163; Gardiner, C.H., Dick, E.J., Meininger, A.C., Lozano-Alarcon, F., Jackson, P., Onchocerciasis in two dogs (1993) J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc., 203, pp. 828-830; Komnenou, A., Eberhard, M.L., Kaldrymidou, E., Tsalie, E., Dessiris, A., Subconjunctival filariasis due to Onchocerca sp. in dogs: Report of 23 cases in Greece (2002) Vet. Opthalmol., 5, pp. 119-126; Nyiro?, G., Oravecz, O., Ma?rialigeti, K., Detection of Wolbachia pipientis infection in arthropods in Hungary (2002) Eur. J. Soil Biol., 38, pp. 69-71; Orihel, T.C., Eberhard, M.L., Zoonotic filariasis (1998) Clin. Microbiol. Rev., 11, pp. 366-381; Orihel, T.C., Ash, L.R., Holshuh, H.J., Santenelli, S., Onchocerciasis in a California dog (1991) Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 44, pp. 513-517; Pampiglione, S., Vakalis, N., Lyssimachou, A., Kouppari, G., Orihel, T.C., Subconjunctival zoonotic Onchocerca in an Albanian man (2001) Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol., 95, pp. 827-832; Sre?ter, T., Kova?cs, G., Da Silva, A.J., Pieniazek, N.J., Sze?ll, Z., Dobos-Kova?cs, M., Ma?rialigeti, K., Varga, I., Morphologic, host specificity, and molecular characterization of a Hungarian Cryptosporidium meleagridis isolate (2000) Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 66, pp. 735-738; Sre?ter, T., Sze?ll, Z., Egyed, Z., Varga, I., Ocular onchocercosis in dogs: A review (2002) Vet. Rec., 151, pp. 176-180; Sre?ter, T., Sze?ll, Z., Egyed, Z., Varga, I., Subconjunctival zoonotic onchocercosis in man: Aberrant infection with Onchocerca lupi? (2002) Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol., 96, pp. 497-502; Sze?ll, Z., Erde?lyi, I., Sre?ter, T., Albert, M., Varga, I., Canine ocular onchocercosis in Hungary (2001) Vet. Parasitol., 97, pp. 245-251; Sze?ll, Z., Sre?ter, T., Erde?lyi, I., Varga, I., Ocular onchocercosis in dogs: Aberrant infection in an accidental host or lupi onchocercosis? (2001) Vet. Parasitol., 101, pp. 115-125.},
	month = {2003///},
	pages = {151-155},
	abstract = {Recently, sporadic cases of subconjunctival Onchocerca infection have been reported in dogs in Greece and Hungary. Herein we report further cases from Greece and the results of the molecular analysis of Onchocerca sp. removed from Greek dogs and its Wolbachia endosymbionts. Twenty dogs of various breeds, 1-11 years of age with subconjunctival onchocercosis (4 cases each in right or left eye, 12 cases in both eyes) were presented having similar manifestations. Periorbital swelling, exophthalmos, lacrimation, discharge, photophobia, conjunctival congestion, corneal edema, protrusion of the nictitating membrane, and subconjunctival granuloma or cyst formation were the most important clinical signs. After surgical excision of the periocular masses containing the worms, all animals recovered fully from onchocercosis. Based on the similarities of the clinical picture of the Greek and Hungarian cases, the similar morphology of the Greek and Hungarian isolates, and the identical sequences of the cytochrome oxidase gene of the filarial parasites and that of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene from their Wolbachia endosymbionts, the Onchocerca sp. isolated from dogs in Greece and Hungary appears to belong to the same species. {\textcopyright} 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {Clinical signs, DNA sequences, Dog, Greece, Onchocerca sp., Platyhelminthes, Wolbachia sp.},
	author = {Komnenou, A. and Egyed, Z. and Sr{\'e}ter, T. and Eberhard, M.L.}
}
@booklet {4619,
	title = {Biological, seasonal and environmental factors associated with Pulex irritans infestation of dairy goats in Greece},
	howpublished = {Veterinary ParasitologyVeterinary Parasitology},
	volume = {137},
	number = {1-2},
	year = {2006},
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	month = {2006///},
	pages = {137-143},
	abstract = {The objectives of the present study were to study the fauna of fleas infesting dairy goats in Greece, the spectrum of hosts each flea species infests, identify risk factors in the environment, and goat management practices that favour flea infestation of goats, and describe the seasonal variation of infestation in goats. For this purpose, a total of 64 herds, with a history of flea infestation in goats, were visited during June and July of 2002 for data collection on flea burdens, species of fleas on goats, and other farm or pet animal species in the farm. Also data were collected on herd characteristics and management along with the flea infestation status of the village where it was located through a questionnaire survey. Data on elevation and climatic characteristics of the villages where the herds were located were also used in the study. All fleas collected from goats, sheep, pigs, and cattle were identified as being Pulex irritans. All fleas collected from cats were identified as being Ctenocephalides felis. Dogs were infested either with P. irritans, C. canis, or C. felis, or with both C. canis and C. felis. Kids had a significantly higher flea burden than goats and the Skopelos breed had the highest flea burden of all breeds followed in diminishing order by the breeds Capra prisca, Saanen cross mix, and Alpine cross mix (p < 0.05). The gender of the animal had no significant effect on flea burden. Factors significantly affecting the flea burden of goats were duration of flea infestation in the herd, type of flea control, and manure imported prior to the appearance of fleas in the herd (p < 0.05). The flea burden of goats was highest during summer and lowest during winter (p < 0.01), with complete an absence of infestation in January and February. Finally, a significant difference (p < 0.05) was found between the average annual temperature of villages with flea infestation (15.59{\textdegree}C) and villages without flea infestation (17.14{\textdegree}C). It was concluded that P. irritans was a true infestation of goats in Greece. {\textcopyright} 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {Fleas, goats, Greece, Pulex irritans},
	author = {Christodoulopoulos, G. and Theodoropoulos, G. and Kominakis, A. and Theis, J.H.}
}
