The Mitochondrial Genomes of the Zoonotic Canine Filarial Parasites Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) repens and Candidatus Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) Honkongensis Provide Evidence for Presence of Cryptic Species.

• Main Authors: Esra Yilmaz (Author), Moritz Fritzenwanker (Author), Nikola Pantchev (Author), Mathias Lendner (Author), Sirichit Wongkamchai (Author), Domenico Otranto (Author), Inge Kroidl (Author), Martin Dennebaum (Author), Thanh Hoa Le (Author), Tran Anh Le (Author), Sabrina Ramünke (Author), Roland Schaper (Author), Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna (Author), Sven Poppert (Author), Jürgen Krücken (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Cutaneous dirofilariosis is a canine mosquito-borne zoonosis that can cause larva migrans disease in humans. Dirofilaria repens is considered an emerging pathogen occurring with high prevalence in Mediterranean areas and many parts of tropical Asia. In Hong Kong, a second species, Candida...