Background Dirofilaria immitis is a parasitic nematode endemic in the Mediterranean
countries, which causes cardiopulmonary dirofilariosis in wild and domestic animals …

Although Dirofilaria immitis in dogs is considered enzootic in northern Greece, the available
data on the occurrence of infection in southern parts of the country demonstrate its scarcity …

We estimated the prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis infection in domestic dogs in five Turkish
provinces–Sakarya, Kocaeli, Ankara, Elazig and Mersin–using a commercial ELISA kit for …

Sažetak The peninsula of Istria is one of two areas where the presence of Dirofilaria immitis
is unequivocally confirmed in Croatia. The first report of canine heartworm infection in Istria …

To determine the prevalence of microfilariae Dirofilaria immitis (canine heart worm) infection
in Tabriz (East-Azarbaijan province, Iran), blood samples from 63 male and 37 female stray …

Dirofilaria immitis is a mosquito-borne filarioid nematode that affects dogs and cats.
Although heartworm infections in cats can be fatal, it is commonly neglected by cat owners …

The prevalence of canine Dirofilaria infection in Maio Island (Cape Verde) was analysed by
serology, morphological and molecular identification of the parasite species. Blood and sera …

A total of 280 dogs in Ankara and vicinity were examined from November 2000 through
December 2001 by the PetChek antigen ELISA and polycarbonate filter-acid phosphatase …

This study was conducted to investigate the low prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis in dogs in
Johor Bahru as reported by veterinary practitioners, using wet blood mount, Knott's …

Nowadays dirofilariosis is assuming an important role in veterinarian clinical practice. Until
recently, it was thought that the only pathogenic form would be Dirofilaria immitis …