… In Tehran, as the capital city of Iran, we did not have enough epidemiological data …
dirofilariasis in dogs. We just found one record about distribution of dirofilariasis in Tehran province …

… by Dirofilaria immitis causes … Dirofilaria infection and a case of periocular dirofilariasis has
been diagnosed in a young woman. Another report also presents a case of orbital dirofilariasis …

… Heartworm is a worldwide disease caused by the parasite Dirofilaria immitis. Mammals,
mainly carnivores are definitive hosts and mosquitoes from the family Culicidae act as …

… immitis infections. Dirofilaria immitis was the only canine filarial parasite present in this study…
The highest heartworm prevalence by modified Knott test was observed in older than 6-year-…

… Phylogenetic tree of Cox1 gene sequences of the Dirofilaria immitis obtained in this study
(▲) and reference sequences retrieved from the GenBank. The tree was constructed based on …

… One ml of anticoagulant (EDTA) was used for each test in the parasitological study (modified
Knott’s test) and sera samples were examined, using ELISA kit to detect Dirofilaria immitis …

… Dirofilariasis is a worldwide vector-borne filarial parasitism caused by Dirofilaria immitis. The
… immitis are the most commonly reported species in human subcutaneous infections (4). The …

… The heartworm Dirofilaria immitis is an important mosquito-borne zoonotic nematode of …
dirofilariasis. This parasite has been reported from carnivores in some provinces of Iran. However…

… Two species of the genus Dirofilaria, Dirofilaria immitis (canine heartworm) and Dirofilaria
repens, … immitis, including a rare case in testicular hydrocele, one ocular and one pre-ocular, a …

… : Dirofilaria immitis is one of the most important pathogenic Nematoda for humans and
carnivores, especially dogs. It causes a zoonotic disease, namely dirofilariasis in … immitis infection …