Synonyms
Dipetalonema
Name
Greek: acantha = spine; cheilos = lip; nema = thread
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The species of the genus of the so-called Filarioidea (subfamily Onchocercidae) are distributed worldwide. Their adults live inside the connective tissues of dogs and relatives respectively in rodents. The unsheathed microfilariae are found in the blood or in the skin of the final hosts, from where they were taken up during blood sucking of species-specific blood suckers such as ticks, fleas, lice, or louse flies.
Species
- 1.
A. reconditum: Adult worms parasitize in the subcutis of canids (prevalence rates up to 55 %), microfilariae are found in the blood, and vectors are fleas and mallophages. Distribution: South Europe, America, Asia, and Australia.
- 2.
A. viteae: Adult worms parasitize in the subcutaneous tissue of rodents (Meriones), larvae are found in the blood, and vectors are argasid ticks; distribution in deserts.
- 3.
A. grassi: Adult worms live in dogs (prevalence rates 1–5 %);...
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Further Reading
De Mello EBF et al (1994) Localization of Dipetalonema reconditum in Canis familiaris (in Portuguese). Braz J Vet Res Anim Sci 31:9–11
Olmedo-Garcia AS et al (1993) Experimental transmission of Dipetalonema dracunculoides by Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Vet Parasitol 47:339–342
Otranto D et al (2013) Vector borne helminths of dogs and humans in Europe. Parasit Vectors 6:16–30
Tachu B et al (2008) Essential role of chitinase in the development of the filarial nematode Acanthocheilonema viteae. Infect Immun 76:221–228
Uni S et al (2013) Acanthocheilonema delicata n. sp. (Nematoda: Filarioidea) from Japanese badgers (Meles anakuma): description, molecular identification and Wolbachia screening. Parasitol Int 62:14–23
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Mehlhorn, H. (2016). Acanthocheilonema Species. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43978-4_3568
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