Subcutaneous dirofilariosis is a fast-spreading infection of dogs, and occasionally of other
carnivores and humans. Several factors contribute to its spread, including climate change …

Background Dirofilaria immitis, also known as heartworm, is one of the most important
parasitic nematodes of domestic dogs, causing a potentially serious disease …

Dirofilaria repens is an expanding vector-borne zoonotic parasite of canines and other
carnivores. Sub-clinically infected dogs constitute the most important reservoir of the …

Abstract Background In Europe animal and human infections due to Dirofilaria repens are
increasing. Findings In a nationwide screening for filarioid parasites in Austria, 7,632 …

The present study was focused on the current state of Dirofilaria species distribution in the
territory of the Slovak Danubian Lowland, a region previously identified endemic for …

Dirofilaria repens is a nematode affecting domestic and wild canids, transmitted by several
species of mosquitoes. It usually causes a non-pathogenic subcutaneous infection in dogs …

The zoonotic parasite Dirofilaria repens has spread toward north in Europe, and cases of
autochthonous dirofilariosis caused by D. repens have emerged in the Baltic countries …

In Europe, the zoonotic parasite Dirofilaria repens continues to spread northward. We
describe three likely autochthonous canine microfilaremic D. repens infections from Estonia …

Dirofilaria immitis, the agent of canine dirofilariosis, is a common parasite of domestic and
wild carnivores with zoonotic potential and worldwide distribution, being endemic in many …

Background Dirofilaria repens and D. immitis are filarioid helminths with domestic and wild
canids as main hosts and mosquitoes as vectors. Both species are known to cause zoonotic …