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 …

Despite the eradication of malaria across most European countries in the 1960s and 1970s,
the anopheline vectors are still present. Most of the malaria cases that have been reported in …

Dirofilariasis is a fast-spreading disease of dogs and humans in Europe. We investigated
whether Dirofilaria spp. have spread northwards in Europe, invading the Baltic countries …

Climate changes may influence the frequency, intensity and geographical distribution of
parasites, directly affecting their dispersive stages in the environment (eggs, larvae) and …

Dirofilariasis is endemic in Russia, as well as in many other European countries. The aim of
this study was to assess the ability of mosquitoes to transfer Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria …

Abstract Background Heartworms, Dirofilaria immitis, are known to be widespread in dogs
and cats in the USA, but there have been no country-wide prevalence studies performed to …

Abstract Background In Lithuania, the first case of canine subcutaneous dirofilariosis was
recorded in 2010. Since then, an increasing number of cases of canine dirofilariosis have …

Background Over the last two decades, a significant spread of dirofilariasis has been
observed in eastern and central Europe. However, data on the circulation of Dirofilaria spp …

Background Dirofilariasis is a vector-borne disease caused by parasitic nematodes of the
genus Dirofilaria spp., considered an emerging concern in both veterinary and human …

Abstract Dirofilaria immitis (Leidy, 1856) and Dirofilaria repens (Railliet & Henry, 1911) are
mosquito-borne filarial nematodes that primarily affect dogs, causing heartworm disease …