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      Spreading of Thelazia callipaeda in Greece.

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          Thelazia callipaeda (Spirurida, Thelaziidae), the so-called oriental eyeworm, has been increasingly reported as an agent of infection in animals and humans from many European countries. Clinical signs range from subclinical to moderate or severe ocular disorders (e.g., epiphora, photophobia, conjunctivitis, keratitis, ulcers). The disease has been also diagnosed in animals from countries of the Balkan area (e.g., Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia), but only a single case of canine thelaziosis, presumably autochthonous, was reported in Northern Greece. In this study, we provide robust information of the occurrence of thelaziosis in Greece by reporting autochthonous cases of thelaziosis in dogs (n = 46), cats (n = 3) and in one rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) living in Northern and Central regions of Greece. The occurrence of a single haplotype of the cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 gene confirms that the same zoonotic haplotype of the parasite circulating in Europe is also spreading in Greece. The increased awareness of this parasitosis is crucial to limit the risk of further infections in both humans and animals in European countries.

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          Journal
          Transbound Emerg Dis
          Transboundary and emerging diseases
          Wiley
          1865-1682
          1865-1674
          Feb 2018
          : 65
          : 1
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
          [2 ] Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Bari, Bari, Italy.
          Article
          10.1111/tbed.12626
          28239956
          64905724-af0e-42da-9c23-0663892634d4
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          rabbit, Thelazia callipaeda ,Greece,cat,dog,eyeworm,ocular
          rabbit, Thelazia callipaeda , Greece, cat, dog, eyeworm, ocular

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