… This study evaluated the relative performance of two microtiter plate ELISA methods for
the detection of HW antigen in determining the occurrence of Dirofilaria immitis in a dog …

Background As a result of globalization and climate change, Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria
repens, the causative agents of dirofilariosis in Europe, continue to spread from endemic …

Methods: Blood was collected from 1050 dogs in 1039 houses during a random household
survey performed in 2016 and 2017. Genomic DNA was extracted and assayed by …

Detection of circulating antigen of Dirofilaria immitis has been a mainstay of identifying
heartworm infection in clinical practice for the past three decades. Several validated commercial …

… The positive blood samples with microfllariae were examined by PCR technique used for
specific detection of D. immitis and D. repens described by (Casiraghi et al., 2006), at the …

… Fifteen percent of the dogs were positive to Dirofilaria immitis by … a limit of detection of 2.4x10
−4 mf/μl and detected infections with … The MCT and Knott’s test only detected dogs with D. …

Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens are the most common species of filarial nematodes …
detection and identification of circulating microfilariae together with ELISA detection of serum …

… immitis sequences available in GenBank. Dirofilaria immitis was detected in a pool of Cx.
pipiens sl/Cx. torrentium specimens sampled in the hospital basement located in the urban …

… Highly sensitive multiplex PCR for simultaneous detection and dis-crimination of Dirofilaria
immitis and Dirofilaria repens in canine peripheral blood. Vet Parasitol 2010; 172(1-2): 160-…

… Dirofilariasis, a mosquito-borne disease of dogs caused by the nematode Dirofilaria immitis
(Leidy; Spirurida: Onchocercidae), has now become a growing zoonotic concern. Based on …