Heartworm disease caused by Dirofilaria immitis is a vector-borne disease that affects
canids and felids, both domestic and wild, throughout the world. It is a chronic disease which …

Dirofilaria immitis is a parasitic filarial nematode responsible for heartworm disease in
domestic as well as wild canines and felines and pulmonary or cutaneous infections in …

Currently, climate change, modifications of landscapes and habitats due to human activities,
as well as an increase in the movement of reservoirs and new species of competent vectors …

Background Canine vector-borne disease (CVBD) has been an area of increasing interest in
Europe over the last few decades, and there have been changes in the prevalence and …

Vector‐borne transmitted helminthic zoonosis affects the health and economy of both
developing and developed countries. The concept of episystem includes the set of …

Feline heartworm is a vector-borne zoonotic disease caused by Dirofilaria immitis. It is a
cosmopolitan disease that is continuously expanding. Spain is considered an endemic …

Background Dirofilaria immitis causes heartworm disease, a chronic and potentially fatal
cardiopulmonary disease which mainly affects dogs and cats. It is present in most of Spain …

Overview: Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens are the most important filarial worms,
causing heartworm disease and subcutaneous dirofilariosis, respectively. D repens is …

Pulmonary endarteritis caused by Dirofilaria immitis and pulmonary hypertension (PH) are
closely linked and the determination of PH could be validated to assess the severity and …

The cardiopulmonary dirofilariosis caused by Dirofilaria immitis, is a vector-borne infection,
which can be transmitted to humans. The main hosts are both domestic and wild canids …