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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, Jennifer L. Federico, Michael H. Reiskind   +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., Rădulescu A., Mitrea I. L., Ionita M.   +3 more
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Diagnostic Accuracy of a Point-of-Care Immunoassay for Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Antibodies, Feline Leukemia Virus Antigen, and Dirofilaria immitis Antigen

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, Kristen A. Davenport, Elizabeth Schooley, Anthony Ruggiero, Salam Nassar, Jesse Buch, Ramaswamy Chandrashekar   +6 more
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Prevention and long-term outcomes of naturally occurring canine heartworm infection in primary care settings

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
BackgroundThis study had two objectives: first, to examine the association between the history of heartworm preventive purchase compliance and the risk of positive heartworm tests, and second to preliminarily investigate the long-term cardiac outcomes of
Kennedy Mwacalimba, Jo Ann Morrison, Patrick Ly, Nathaniel Spofford, Mike Yang, Emi Saito, Jenifer Sheehy, Christopher Adolph, Barbara Poulsen Nautrup, Christopher Brennan   +9 more
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Evaluation of cardiopulmonary and inflammatory markers in dogs with heartworm infection during treatment with the 2014 American Heartworm Society recommended treatment protocol

Parasites & Vectors, 2017
Background Heartworm disease in dogs is a life-threatening parasitic disease. Although adulticide treatment with melarsomine has been proven to be the most effective, complications associated with adulticide treatment are major concerns for clinicians ...
Won-Kyoung Yoon, Ye-Won Kim, Sang-I L Suh, Ran Choi, Seung-Gon Lee, Changbaig Hyun   +5 more
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Canine heartworm: natural infection along remote coastal area of Rio de Janeiro

Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2021
Dirofilaria immitis is a mosquito-borne nematode that often infects dogs worldwide and causes what is commonly referred to as heartworm disease. The infection is recognized as being more prevalent in tropical and subtropical coastal regions; however, due
Mário dos Santos Filho, Bruno Alberigi, Debora Macedo Pedroso Balius, Nathália Marques de Oliveira Lemos, Alexandre José Rodrigues Bendas, Jonimar Pereira Paiva   +5 more
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Feline heartworm disease: A clinical review

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 2008
Feline heartworm disease is caused by the filarial nematode Dirofilaria immitis, and is transmitted by mosquitoes in heartworm-endemic areas worldwide. While dogs are the definitive hosts for this parasite, cats can also be infected, and the overall prevalence in cats is between 5% and 10% of that in dogs in any given area.
Litster, Annette L., Atwell, Richard B.
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Regional and local temporal trends in the prevalence of canine heartworm infection in the contiguous United States: 2012–2018

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Background Canine heartworm disease is a potentially fatal disease for which treatment is financially burdensome for many pet owners. Prevention is strongly advocated by the veterinary community along with routine testing for infection during annual ...
Stella W. Self, Cassan N. Pulaski, Christopher S. McMahan, D. Andrew Brown, Michael J. Yabsley, Jenna R. Gettings   +5 more
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Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 in dogs with Dirofilaria immitis

Parasites & Vectors, 2023
Background Infection by the canine heartworm, Dirofilaria immitis, causes significant cardiopulmonary disease, with progression impacted by increasing parasite numbers and duration of infection.
Darcy B. Adin, Meaghan Spalla, Heather Walden, Jeff Gruntmeir, Jorge A. Hernandez, Maureen Long   +5 more
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