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PAPADANIEL1 has reported, under the name of ‘gâle microfilarienne’, a dermatosis affecting horses and mules in Greece. The disease is associated with the presence of microfilariæ in the skin lesions. Analogy with filariasis elsewhere would suggest that the infection is insect-borne. From the available literature it appears that the natural vectors in Greece have not previously been described.
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Papadaniel, Ann. Méd. Vét. (Oct. 1936).
Fülleborn, "Handbuch der Pathogenen Mikroorganismen", 8 (1928).
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ABBOTT, J., RODEN, A. & YOELI, M. Anopheline Mosquitoes as Natural Vectors of Equine Dermal Filariasis. Nature 158, 913 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158913a0
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