Xenomonitoring of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) for the Presence of Filarioid Helminths in Eastern Austria
Information on mosquito-borne filarioid helminths in Austria is scarce, but recent discoveries of Dirofilaria repens indicate autochthonous distribution of this parasite in Eastern Austria. In the current xenomonitoring study, more than 48,000 mosquitoes were collected in Eastern Austria between 201...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:f862d1838366450d9d07d5f753d3d3e0 2024-09-15T18:39:41+00:00 Xenomonitoring of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) for the Presence of Filarioid Helminths in Eastern Austria Sarah Susanne Übleis Claudia Cuk Michaela Nawratil Julia Butter Ellen Schoener Adelheid G. Obwaller Thomas Zechmeister Georg G. Duscher Franz Rubel Karin Lebl Carina Zittra Hans-Peter Fuehrer 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/9754695 https://doaj.org/article/f862d1838366450d9d07d5f753d3d3e0 EN eng Wiley http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9754695 https://doaj.org/toc/1712-9532 https://doaj.org/toc/1918-1493 1712-9532 1918-1493 doi:10.1155/2018/9754695 https://doaj.org/article/f862d1838366450d9d07d5f753d3d3e0 Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Vol 2018 (2018) Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Microbiology QR1-502 article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/9754695 2024-08-05T17:48:40Z Information on mosquito-borne filarioid helminths in Austria is scarce, but recent discoveries of Dirofilaria repens indicate autochthonous distribution of this parasite in Eastern Austria. In the current xenomonitoring study, more than 48,000 mosquitoes were collected in Eastern Austria between 2013 and 2015, using different sampling techniques and storage conditions, and were analysed in pools with molecular tools for the presence of filarioid helminth DNA. Overall, DNA of D. repens, Setaria tundra, and two unknown filarioid helminths were documented in twenty mosquito pools within the mitochondrial cox1 gene (barcode region). These results indicate that S. tundra, with roe deer as definite hosts, is common in Eastern Austria, with most occurrences in floodplain mosquitoes (e.g., Aedes vexans). Moreover, DNA of D. repens was found in an Anopheles plumbeus mosquito close to the Slovakian border, indicating that D. repens is endemic in low prevalence in Eastern Austria. This study shows that xenomonitoring is an adequate tool to analyse the presence of filarioid helminths, but results are influenced by mosquito sampling techniques, storage conditions, and molecular protocols. Article in Journal/Newspaper Tundra Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology 2018 1 6 |
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Information on mosquito-borne filarioid helminths in Austria is scarce, but recent discoveries of Dirofilaria repens indicate autochthonous distribution of this parasite in Eastern Austria. In the current xenomonitoring study, more than 48,000 mosquitoes were collected in Eastern Austria between 2013 and 2015, using different sampling techniques and storage conditions, and were analysed in pools with molecular tools for the presence of filarioid helminth DNA. Overall, DNA of D. repens, Setaria tundra, and two unknown filarioid helminths were documented in twenty mosquito pools within the mitochondrial cox1 gene (barcode region). These results indicate that S. tundra, with roe deer as definite hosts, is common in Eastern Austria, with most occurrences in floodplain mosquitoes (e.g., Aedes vexans). Moreover, DNA of D. repens was found in an Anopheles plumbeus mosquito close to the Slovakian border, indicating that D. repens is endemic in low prevalence in Eastern Austria. This study shows that xenomonitoring is an adequate tool to analyse the presence of filarioid helminths, but results are influenced by mosquito sampling techniques, storage conditions, and molecular protocols. |
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Sarah Susanne Übleis Claudia Cuk Michaela Nawratil Julia Butter Ellen Schoener Adelheid G. Obwaller Thomas Zechmeister Georg G. Duscher Franz Rubel Karin Lebl Carina Zittra Hans-Peter Fuehrer |
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Sarah Susanne Übleis Claudia Cuk Michaela Nawratil Julia Butter Ellen Schoener Adelheid G. Obwaller Thomas Zechmeister Georg G. Duscher Franz Rubel Karin Lebl Carina Zittra Hans-Peter Fuehrer |
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Xenomonitoring of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) for the Presence of Filarioid Helminths in Eastern Austria |
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Xenomonitoring of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) for the Presence of Filarioid Helminths in Eastern Austria |
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Xenomonitoring of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) for the Presence of Filarioid Helminths in Eastern Austria |
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Xenomonitoring of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) for the Presence of Filarioid Helminths in Eastern Austria |
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Xenomonitoring of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) for the Presence of Filarioid Helminths in Eastern Austria |
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xenomonitoring of mosquitoes (diptera: culicidae) for the presence of filarioid helminths in eastern austria |
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