Heartworm disease due to Dirofilaria immitis continues to cause severe disease and even
death in dogs and other animals in many parts of the world, even though safe, highly …

Cardiopulmonary dirofilariasis is a cosmopolitan disease caused by Dirofilaria immitis,
which affects mainly canids and felids. Moreover, it causes zoonotic infections, producing …

Based on recently published surveys and newly acquired data, a study was conducted to
verify the distribution of filarial worm (Filarioidea) infections in Europe, with particular …

Ecological and climatic changes, human and animal population dynamics are among the
several factors that have favoured the spread or the (re) introduction and establishment of" …

Canine heartworm has been known to exist in the Americas for more than 150 years (1847),
and the first South American report was published approximately 30 years later (1875). The …

Simple Summary Dirofilariosis (Dirofilaria spp.) is a vector-borne zoonotic disease that
mainly affects canids and felids, both domestic and wild, and accidentally humans. In Spain …

Cardiopulmonary nematodes are life-threatening pet parasites increasingly reported
throughout Europe, with overlapping endemic areas. Dirofilaria immitis is a mosquito-borne …

La dirofilariasis, causada por Dirofilaria immitis, o gusano del corazón del perro, es una
enfermedad de distribución mundial transmitida por mosquitos de los géneros Aedes …

Zoonotic filarioses caused by Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens are transmitted by
culicid mosquitoes. Therefore Dirofilaria transmission depends on climatic factors like …

The present study determined the prevalence and geographical distribution of Dirofilaria
immitis and other filariae, from dogs in littoral areas of Paraná state, in Brazil. This survey …