| dc.description.abstract | Vector borne diseases are the ones that, besides the pathogen and the host, require involvement of vectors in order to spread the disease. In cats and dogs there are several vector borne diseases and during the last thirty years these diseases attract more and more attention from the researchers, but also from the owners of the animals. Some vector borne diseases are also zoonotic diseases. There is a large number of studies done on the topic of vector borne diseases in our country and in the region. According to the European centre for prevention and surveillance of infectious diseases, 29% of all infectious diseases in Europe are vector borne diseases during the last 10 years.
Most important vectors in our country are mosquitoes, ticks, flies, but the diseases they spread are very different. Characteristic for all vector borne diseases is that at the beginning of the disease there are no clinical symptoms meaning that they are mostly unspecific. After some time, characteristic clinical symptoms develop in some diseases. Clinical symptoms are so very different, from totally asymptomatic to death. Prevalence of vector borne diseases also varies from disease to disease. The most characteristic fact is that the majority of vector borne diseases were discovered, or intensively researched during the last 20 years in our region. Vector borne diseases in dogs and cats can be of viral, bacterial or parasitic origin, which influences the therapy involved and in most of the cases long-lasting one. Due to zoonotic character of some vector borne diseases there is a certain level of risk from these diseases for Public Health. That is why these diseases are being treated with extra attention and application of One Health aspect, in order to cover all the angles of the disease. Vector borne diseases which will be presented are Lyme disease, dirofilariosis, leishmaniasis, ehrichiosis, anaplasmosis, babesiosis and angostrongylosis | en_US |
