Dirofilariasis is a vector-borne disease frequent in many countries. Not only infected dogs,
but also cats and wild canids (including wolves and foxes), represent important sources of …

Dirofilaria immitis is a zoonotic filarid that mainly affects the domestic dog, causing a
generally fatal chronic disease, known as heart worm disease. In addition to dogs, the …

Background Dirofilarioses are widespread diseases caused by mosquito-borne nematodes
of the family Onchocercidae, genus Dirofilaria. The major etiologic agent of canine …

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 …

A dirofilariose é uma doença parasitária decorrente da infecção provocada pelo nematódeo
Dirofilaria immitis, transmitida por meio da inoculação de formas larvais de terceiro estágio …

Dirofilaria immitis is a nematode found worldwide and able to infect several species, such as
dogs, cats and, under rare circumstances, humans. In Brazil, most of the infections are …

Heartworm disease is an important zoonosis considered to be endemic in Brazil, whose
transmission occurs mainly through mosquito vectors of the genera Culex, Aedes and …

This study reported the occurrence of microfilariae from blood samples of dogs from the city
of Aracaju, Sergipe, and correlate the prevalence of those infections with the age and sex of …

O presente trabalho teve como objetivo relatar o caso de um paciente canino assintomático
apresentando um ciclo errático do parasito na cavidade abdominal, sendo notado em …

Resumen en español Dirofilaria immitis es un nematodo, conocido por producir la
enfermedad del “Gusano del corazón”, el cual, tiene una distribución a nivel mundial y es …