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С.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Suslo</surname><given-names>D. S.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>220072, Минск, ул. Академическая, 27</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>27, Akademicheskaya St., Minsk, 220072</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">zoology@biobel.by</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4806-3919</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Довнар</surname><given-names>Д. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Dovnar</surname><given-names>D. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Довнар Дарья Васильевна</p><p>220072, Минск, ул. Академическая, 27</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Darya V. Dovnar</p><p>27, Akademicheskaya St., Minsk, 220072</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">dovnar.rm@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru">Научно-практический центр Национальной академии наук Беларуси по биоресурсам<country>Беларусь</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en">Scientific and Practical Centre for Bioresources of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus<country>Belarus</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>30</day><month>03</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>0</volume><issue>1</issue><fpage>182</fpage><lpage>185</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Сусло Д.С., Довнар Д.В., 2026</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Сусло Д.С., Довнар Д.В.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Suslo D.S., Dovnar D.V.</copyright-holder><license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journal.microbe.ru/jour/article/view/2299">https://journal.microbe.ru/jour/article/view/2299</self-uri><abstract><p>Цель работы – установить инвазированность кровососущих комаров возбудителями дирофиляриоза на урбанизированных территориях Беларуси. Материалы и методы. Отлов самок кровососущих комаров проведен с мая по сентябрь 2021–2025 гг. на территории населенных пунктов трех областей Беларуси: Витебской, Могилевской, Гомельской. Собрано и исследовано 5039 экземпляров кровососущих комаров. Определение зараженности комаров возбудителями дирофиляриоза (Dirofilaria repens и D. immitis) проведено методом ПЦР в режиме реального времени. Показатель зараженности кровососущих комаров определен согласно методике расчета оценочного значения заражения. Результаты и обсуждение. На исследованных урбанизированных территориях Беларуси в 2021–2025 гг. обнаружено 23 вида кровососущих комаров из 5 родов (Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Culiseta, Coquillettidia). Преобладающими по численности видами были представители рода Aedes: A. cantans (ИД 37,6) и A. sticticus (ИД 36,5). В качестве переносчиков возбудителей дирофиляриоза отмечены 11 видов кровососущих комаров (Aedes rossicus, A. cantans, A. cataphylla, A. excrucians, A. intrudens, A. riparius, A. sticticus, A. vexans, Anopheles claviger, A. maculipennis, Coquillettidia richiardii). Зараженность переносчиков рода Anopheles составила 12,8 %, рода Aedes – 1,0 %, рода Coquillettidia – 0,6 %. Общая зараженность переносчиков – 1,4 %. Инвазированность комаров D. repens – 1,3 %, D. immitis – 0,1 %. Индивидуальная зараженность кровососущих комаров варьировала от 0,3 % (Aedes intrudens) до 16,7 % (Anopheles maculipennis). ДНК дирофилярий в кровососущих комарах отмечалась с мая по август. Более высокая зараженность комаров возбудителями дирофиляриоза установлена в августе.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of dirofilariasis agents in mosquitoes in urban areas of Belarus. Materials and methods. Female mosquitoes were collected in 3 regions of Belarus (Vitebsk, Mogilev, Gomel) from May to September 2021–2025. А total of 5039 mosquitoes were collected. Real-time PCR was conducted to detect the presence of Dirofilaria repens and D. immitis in mosquitoes. The rate of infection in mosquitoes was determined using the estimated infection rate. Results and discussion. In 2021–2025, our research revealed 23 mosquito species belonging to 5 genera (Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Culiseta, Coquillettidia) in urban areas of Belarus. Aedes cantans was the most abundant species, accounting for 37.6 % of the mosquitoes captured, followed by A. sticticus at 36.5 %. Dirofilaria DNA was detected in 11 mosquito species (Aedes rossicus, A. cantans, A. cataphylla, A. excrucians, A. intrudens, A. riparius, A. sticticus, A. vexans, Anopheles claviger, A. maculipennis, Coquillettidia richiardii). The estimated infection rate of Anopheles, Aedes, Coquillettidia genera was 12.8 %, 1.0 %, and 0.6 %, respectively. The total infection rate was 1.4 %. The estimated infection rate of mosquitoes with D. repens was 1.3 %, while the rate for D. immitis was 0.1 %. The highest estimated infection rate was found in Anopheles maculipennis (16.7 %), and the lowest was in Aedes intrudens (0.3 %). Dirofilaria DNA was detected in mosquitoes from May to August. The highest mosquito infection rate was recorded in August.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>кровососущие комары</kwd><kwd>зараженность</kwd><kwd>Dirofilaria repens</kwd><kwd>Dirofilaria immitis</kwd><kwd>Беларусь</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>mosquitoes</kwd><kwd>infection rate</kwd><kwd>Dirofilaria repens</kwd><kwd>Dirofilaria immitis</kwd><kwd>Belarus</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group xml:lang="ru"><funding-statement>Авторы заявляют об отсутствии дополнительного финансирования при проведении данного исследования</funding-statement></funding-group><funding-group xml:lang="en"><funding-statement>The authors declare no additional financial support for this study</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Shcherbakov О.V., Aghayan S.A., Gevorgyan H.S., Burlak V.A., Fedorova V.S., Artemov G.N. 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