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Owned and sheltered dogs (\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20091,987) were included in the survey regardless their breed, attitude and\/or sex. All included dogs were older than 1\u2009year and had no history of chemoprophylactic treatment against filarioses. A blood sample was collected from enrolled dogs and screened by modified Knott\u2019s test and, when positive, tested using\n                    <jats:italic>D<\/jats:italic>\n                    .\n                    <jats:italic>immitis<\/jats:italic>\n                    specific ELISA rapid test (SNAP 4DX, IDEXX). The overall microfilaremia prevalence was 17% (\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u2009338) being single-species infection (92.6%) more common that mixed (7.4%). Remarkably,\n                    <jats:italic>D<\/jats:italic>\n                    .\n                    <jats:italic>immitis<\/jats:italic>\n                    was the most frequent species detected with an overall prevalence of 11.4% (\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u2009227), followed by\n                    <jats:italic>Dirofilaria repens<\/jats:italic>\n                    (\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u200974; 3.7%), and\n                    <jats:italic>Acanthocheilonema reconditum<\/jats:italic>\n                    (\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u200912; 0.6%). Sheltered dogs were significantly more infected by\n                    <jats:italic>D<\/jats:italic>\n                    .\n                    <jats:italic>immitis<\/jats:italic>\n                    , as well as mongrel dogs and animals housed in rural areas. Data here reported indicate that\n                    <jats:italic>D<\/jats:italic>\n                    .\n                    <jats:italic>immitis<\/jats:italic>\n                    is largely present in southern Italy, raising awareness about the necessity of proper screening and chemoprophylactic treatments in exposed animals.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fvets.2023.1162403","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,4]],"date-time":"2023-05-04T06:45:58Z","timestamp":1683182758000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":27,"title":["New distribution patterns of Dirofilaria immitis in Italy"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Ettore","family":"Napoli","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Giovanni","family":"De 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