Blood samples from 260 dogs over 1 year of age from eight districts of the western part of
Albania (20 to 50 dogs per district) were collected in 1995 and 1996 and tested for …

Dirofilaria immitis is an endemic mosquito-borne pathogen widely spread throughout
Europe as well as North and South America. Infection by D. immitis has been reported in …

Background: Dirofilariasis is a serious and potentially deadly condition in dogs and one of
the zoonotic filarial infections, which inadvertently affects the humans. The objectives of this …

Several cases of human subcutaneous/ocular dirofilariosis caused by Dirofilaria repens from
an area in the southeastern Spain where previous epidemiological studies have shown a …

Objectives To study the presence of dirofilarias in blood samples from dogs collected in a
semi-rural district near Santiago and to compare their frequency in dogs with and without …

Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens are the most common species of filarial nematodes
described in dogs, which are endemic in Iran. The diagnosis of canine dirofilariosis is …

Canine dirofilariosis is a frequent parasitic disease in New‐Caledonia. A survey of canine
heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) infection among dogs from the cities of Tontouta, Nandaï and …

A study on the occurrence of Dirofilaria immitis and its vectors was carried out in order to
assess the prevalence of the disease in dogs in previously non-endemic areas of southern …

Hungary was not considered to be a heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) endemic country until
2007, when the first autochthonous canine infection was described. Herein we report …

Dirofilaria immitis and D. repens are endemic throughout Europe and southern eastern
regions of Asia and reported with increasing frequency in Africa. Nevertheless, the …