Background: Living beings have suffered with the climate changes that are affecting the
planet in the latest decades. This has allowed the development of many vectors with the …

Dirofilariasis, a parasitic disease caused by the nematode Dirofilaria immitis, commonly
known as heartworm, primarily inhabits the pulmonary artery and right heart of dogs and …

Dirofilaria immitis is a heart and large vessel parasite that mainly affects domestic dogs and
has shown a re-emerging zoonosis in recent years. The objective of this study was to …

Dirofilaria repens is the causative zoonotic agent of subcutaneous dirofilariosis. Although
the American continent is considered currently free of D. repens infections, in the past few …

Dirofilaria immitis, the etiological agent for heartworm disease, is a zoonotic, vector-borne
parasite. The dog is the most common natural host. Heartworm disease is present in all US …

In Maio Island, Republic of Cape Verde, a seven-year old mongrel female dog exhibiting
severe generalized adenomegaly and a poor body condition was examined during an …

Diagnosis of Dirofilaria immitis in the municipality of Sucre, Sucre state, Venezuela SciELO -
Scientific Electronic Library Online vol.51 número1 Evaluación de la posible asociación entre …

The aim of present study was to determine the seroprevalence of Dirofilaria immitis in dogs
and cats from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Blood samples were collected by cephalic and jugular …

This paper aims to describe the natural infection with Dirofilaria immitis in Nasua narica
(white-nosed coati) from Yucatán, Mexico. Two carcasses of N. narica were collected on a …

Dirofilaria immitis is the causal agent of canine and feline cardiopulmonary dirofilariasis.
Moreover, the existence of canine dirofilariasis implies a risk for human populations living in …