… Canary Islands, situated in the 28th parallel, on the African Atlantic … in Canary Islands in the
past (Guerrero et al., 1989). Most veterinarians practice in Canary Islands include heartworm …

… Cardiopulmonary dirofilariosis (heartworm) is a zoonotic vector borne disease caused by
Dirofilaria immitis which affects domestic dogs and cats. Two of the seven Canary Islands are …

… of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain) taking into consideration the four isoclimatic areas
of the island. A close relationship between the prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis in dogs and …

… We assessed the risk of human pulmonary dirofilariasis in the Canary Islands, hyperendemic
for canine heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis), a zoonotic vector-borne infection. For this …

The island of Gran Canaria is a hyperendemic area for canine dirofilariasis. The aim of the …
to provide data on Dirofilaria immitis in dogs, cats, and humans on this island in 2010. The …

… from inhabitants of the Canary Islands were analyzed for … heartworm (IgE against Dirofilaria
immitis and Wolbachia) and the results show that people who were in contact with heartworm …

… Maio Island is one of the nine inhabited islands of the … of islands also comprising Madeira,
Azores and Canary Islands. … of these archipelagos: in Gran Canaria (Montoya-Alonso et al…

… The highest prevalences have been reported in the Canary Islands and Southern provinces,
as well as in irrigated and wet areas of Western and North-eastern regions of the Iberian …

… The main conclusion of our study is that in the Canary Islands, the potential Dirofilaria
vector, Cx. theileri, fed on blood from different ruminant species and on the potential hosts D. …

… One of these potential cases is the filarial heartworm infection, Dirofilaria immitis, which has
been reported on other pinnipeds, with fatalities and clinical symptoms. Therefore, this study …