Parasitological, serological and molecular diagnosis of Dirofilaria immitis in dogs in Northeastern Brazil

LA Soares, IC Matias, SS Silva, MEO Ramos… - Experimental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Dirofilaria immitis is a zoonotic filarid that mainly affects the domestic dog, causing a generally
fatal chronic disease, known as heart worm disease. In addition to dogs, the parasite can …

[HTML][HTML] How does Dirofilaria immitis infection impact the health of dogs referred to cardiology care

NMDO Lemos, B Alberigi, N Labarthe… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Dirofilaria immitis is a nematode that can cause a disease that may present clinical signs
from … Canine heartworm disease is caused by the nematode, Dirofilaria immitis, with the adult …

Improved Antigen Detection of Male-Only Dirofilaria immitis Infections in Canine Serum after Heat Treatment for Immune Complex Dissociation

J Gruntmeir, M Long, B Blagburn, H Walden - Parasitologia, 2023 - mdpi.com
… This study utilized archived canine serum with verified male-only heartworm infections to
evaluate detection of the heartworm antigen using the DiroCHEK ® (Zoetis LLC, Parsippany, NJ…

Heartworm disease

WA Ware, JD Bonagura… - Cardiovascular Disease in …, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
Dirofilaria immitis The nematode Dirofilaria immitis causes heartworm disease (HWD). …
immitis is the most prevalent nematode that affects the cardiopulmonary system of dogs and …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating Dirofilaria immitis isolates infecting domestic canines and their susceptibility/resistance patterns to macrocyclic lactones in the northern region of …

PT Fisher, K Keller, RK Prichard - Veterinary Parasitology, 2024 - Elsevier
… ) resistance in Dirofilaria immitis, the parasitic nematode which causes heartworm disease,
have … As heartworm disease is very serious in dogs, we consider the establishment of adult …

Dirofilariosis caused by Dirofilaria immitis in the south of Kerman province, Iran

A Naderi, I Sharifi, MR Aflatoonian, M Mostafavi… - Microbial …, 2021 - Elsevier
Dirofilaria immitis is commonly found in pulmonary arteries and the right ventricle of many
canids such as dogs and causes dirofilariosis [2]. Heartworm disease usually develops a …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical and blood count findings in dogs naturally infected with Dirofilaria immitis

AJR Bendas, B Alberigi, S Galardo… - Brazilian journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… Many pathophysiological mechanisms are associated with heartworm disease, … disease
and right heart overload (Tudor et al., 2014). The clinical signs of canine heartworm disease can …

Multiple diagnostic tests demonstrate an increased risk of canine heartworm disease in northern Queensland, Australia

JL Panetta, NED Calvani, B Orr, AG Nicoletti… - Parasites & …, 2021 - Springer
Heartworm disease, caused by the parasitic nematode Dirofilaria immitis, is a life-threatening
disease affecting canines throughout the world [1,2,3,4,5]. Mosquitoes of the Aedes, …

Efficacy of semi-annual therapy of an extended-release injectable moxidectin suspension and oral doxycycline in Dirofilaria immitis naturally infected dogs

B Alberigi, JI Fernandes, JP Paiva… - Parasites & …, 2020 - Springer
… This product prevents heartworm disease caused by D. … prevalence of heartworm infection
in the country [23, 24], the aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of a heartworm-…

Dog heartworm disease is here to stay: the most important aspects of clinical relevance

LS Kosić, V Lalošević - Veterinarski glasnik, 2020 - veterinarskiglasnik.rs
… Parasitic diseases of the dog cardiovascular system are caused by the dog heartworm
Dirofilaria immitis (a mosquito-borne filarioid nematode) and a French heartworm Angiostrongylus …