Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens are mosquito-borne filarioid nematodes that affect
dogs and other domestic and wild carnivores, causing heartworm disease and
subcutaneous dirofilariosis, respectively. In Algeria, the data about the epidemiology of
these infections is largely unknown. The present study was designed to establish the
occurrence of D. immitis and D. repens in dogs in Algeria using molecular tools. In 2014 and
2015, a total of 209 dogs over one year of age of different breed and sex, living in Northern …

Abstract Background Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens are the causative agents of
cardiopulmonary and subcutaneous dirofilariosis, respectively. This neglected disease
mainly seen in dogs, cats and wild carnivores is re-emerging recent years. No study was
conducted on dirofilariosis in dogs in Kyrgyzstan. Purpose The goal of this study was to
investigate Dirofilaria species using PCR and sequencing in dogs from Kyrgyzstan. Method
Dirofilaria spp. infection in dogs was screened via convential PCR and sequencing in 337 …