Parasitologia, 2023 Since the mid-1990s, male-only heartworm infections have been considered undetectable using antigen tests based on experimental studies. Results from those studies are in contrast to reports in the decade prior showing variable male heartworm antigen ...
Jeff Gruntmeir +3 more
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Management and outcome of intracardiac heartworms in dogs
Parasites & Vectors, 2023 Background Intracardiac heartworm (IH) disease is a serious condition that can become life threatening if the patient develops caval syndrome. We aim to describe the management and outcome of IH in dogs evaluated by Medvet’s New Orleans cardiology ...
Jorge Vila, Elisabeth Alost
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Mosquito diversity and dog heartworm prevalence in suburban areas
Parasites & Vectors, 2020 Background Urbanization is occurring rapidly on a global scale and is altering mosquito communities, creating assemblages that are characteristically less diverse. Despite high rates of urbanization and ample examples of vector-borne diseases transmitted
Meredith R. Spence Beaulieu +2 more
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A Key to Container-Breeding Mosquitoes of Michigan (Diptera: Cllllcidae), With Notes on Their Biology [PDF]
, 2017 An illustrated key to larvae and notes on the biology of container-breeding mosquitoes of Michigan are presented. Two species included in the key. Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus.
Merritt, Richard W +2 more
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First report on clinical feline heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) infection in Romania
Helminthologia, 2020 Dirofilaria immitis (Nematoda: Filarioidea) is the causative agent of heartworm disease (HWD), a severe and potentially fatal condition in dogs. Although cats are considered more resistant to infection than dogs, they are also susceptible to heartworm ...
Pană D. +3 more
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Viruses, 2023 Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and feline leukemia virus (FeLV) are retroviral infections of cats worldwide whose clinical manifestations range from mild to severe disease.
Seema Singh +6 more
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Aberrant migration and surgical removal of a heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) from the femoral artery of a cat. [PDF]
, 2018 A cat was evaluated for an acute-onset of right pelvic limb paresis. Thoracic radiographs revealed normal cardiac size and tortuous pulmonary arteries.
Balsa, Ingrid M +8 more
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First epidemiological report of feline heartworm infection in the Barcelona metropolitan area (Spain) [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: The metropolitan area of Barcelona is the most densely populated metropolitan area on the Mediterranean coast. Several studies have reported the presence of canine heartworm disease in this region; however, there are no published ...
Belén Armario +6 more
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Historical and Projected Impact of Global Climate Change on the Extrinsic Incubation of <i>Dirofilaria immitis</i>. [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe have used past temperature records and future temperature projections to understand the past and possible future epidemiology of canine heartworm. The range of the area hyperendemic for heartworm may change in the future, especially in extreme carbon emissions scenarios.
Atkinson PJ, Nielsen TD, Caraguel C.
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Doença do Verme do Coração (Dirofilaria immitis) em gato-do-mato-pequeno (Leopardus tigrinus) no Brasil [PDF]
, 2009 Heartworm disease is caused by the intravascular nematode Dirofilaria immitis, a pathogen of public health importance usually associated to domestic dogs and cats, and to a lesser extend to other mammal species.
CATÃO-DIAS, José Luiz +5 more
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