Co-infection of Dirofilaria immitis and Japanese encephalitis virus in a spotted seal (Phoca largha) in the Republic of Korea.
J Vet Sci
; 20(6): e65, 2019 Nov.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31775192
ABSTRACT
A 10-year-old male spotted seal presented with loss of appetite and decreased activity. Grossly, the internal organs revealed several filarial nematodes in the right ventricle of the heart and the pulmonary vessels. Histopathological examination of the brain revealed moderate nonsuppurative meningoencephalitis with glial nodules and neuronophagia. Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) of genotype I was isolated from the brain. All nematodes were identified as Dirofilaria immitis. This is the first clinical case of co-infection with D. immitis and JEV in a seal, suggesting that the seal, may be a dead-end host, like the human and horse, for JEV.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Encephalitis, Japanese
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Phoca
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Dirofilaria immitis
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Dirofilariasis
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Encephalitis Virus, Japanese
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Coinfection
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
J Vet Sci
Journal subject:
MEDICINA VETERINARIA
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article