Recent advances on Dirofilaria repens in dogs and humans in Europe

Dirofilaria repens is a nematode affecting domestic and wild canids, transmitted by several species of mosquitoes. It usually causes a non-pathogenic subcutaneous infection in dogs and is the principal agent of human dirofilariosis in the Old World. In the last decades, D. repens has increased in prevalence in areas where it has already been reported and its distribution […]
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First evidence of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in Italian Aedes albopictus populations 26 years after invasion

Authors: Pichler V, Bellini R, Veronesi R, Arnoldi D, Rizzoli A, Lia RP, Otranto D, Montarsi F, Carlin S, Ballardini M, Antognini E, Salvenini M, Brianti E, Gaglio G, Manica M, Cobre P, Serini P, Velo E, Vontas J, Kioulos I, Pinto J, Della Torre A, Caputo B
Publication Year: 2018
Journal: Pest Management Science
Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ps.4840%20

BACKGROUND: Aedes albopictus has spread during the last few decades all over the world. This has increased significantly the risk of exotic arbovirus transmission (e.g. chikungunya, dengue, and Zika) also in temperate areas, as demonstrated by the Chikungunya 2007 and 2017 outbreaks in northeastern and central Italy. Insecticides are an important tool for limiting the […]
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Recent advances on Dirofilaria repens in dogs and humans in Europe

First evidence of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in Italian Aedes albopictus populations 26 years after invasion

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