Dirofilariasis represents a zoonotic mosaic, which includes two main filarial species
(Dirofilaria immitis and D. repens) that have adapted to canine, feline, and human hosts with …

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 …

Abstract Between April and September 2017, blood samples were collected from 344
randomly selected dogs older than 1 year in 180 settlements of 19 counties in Hungary. The …

Dirofilaria immitis is a mosquito-borne nematode, causing heartworm (HW) disease in wild
and domestic canids. HW can also affect felids with different clinical patterns from …

Background: Dirofilariasis is a serious and potentially deadly condition in dogs and one of
the zoonotic filarial infections, which inadvertently affects the humans. The objectives of this …

This retrospective study was performed on 71 dogs which had been admitted for heartworm
screening or with clinical suspicion of heartworm disease. The examination methods …

Adult mosquito collections using New Jersey light traps and Black-hole light traps were
conducted to determine the potential vectors and the relative mosquito infection rates of …

Summary Dirofilaria immitis (Nematoda: Filarioidea) is the causative agent of heartworm
disease (HWD), a severe and potentially fatal condition in dogs. Although cats are …

Abstract Background Heartworm, Dirofilaria immitis, has long been recognized in Taiwanese
dogs but feline heartworm infection has been largely overlooked by veterinarians and pet …

This study was performed to examine the vector competence of Aedes aegypti and Culex
quinquefasciatus for Dirofilaria immitis. Eleven individual experiments were conducted in …