Dirofilaria immitis, also known as heartworm or dog heartworm, is a parasitic roundworm that is a type of filarial worm, a small thread-like worm, and...
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subgenera, Dirofilaria and Nochtiella. Some species are well-known parasites, including Dirofilaria immitis, the dog heartworm, Dirofilaria repens, which...
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Mansonella ozzardi, which occupy the serous cavity of the abdomen. Dirofilaria immitis, the dog heartworm, rarely infects humans. These worms are transmitted...
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Center for Veterinary Medicine for the treatment of adult heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) infection in dogs. It is not approved for treatment in cats, or...
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Chikungunya fever, as well as several filarial nematodes such as Dirofilaria immitis. Aedes albopictus is capable of hosting the Zika virus and is considered...
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Treatment with tetracycline antibiotics has been reported to damage Dirofilaria immitis, often causing death of adult worms. Klochko, Alena (2023-11-07)...
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test for the sensitive and specific detection of the dog heartworm, Dirofilaria immitis, in its mosquito intermediate host". Mol. Cell. Probes. 13 (6): 425–30...
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infection. The parasite can be Ascaris, Strongyloides stercoralis, or Dirofilaria immitis which can enter the body through contact with the soil. The symptoms...
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Dirofilaria repens is a filarial nematode that affects dogs and other carnivores such as cats, wolves, coyotes, foxes, and sea lions, as well as muskrats...
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vector of the parasite to reach its definitive host. For example, Dirofilaria immitis, the heartworm of dogs, uses the mosquito as its intermediate host...
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in cats. It is also used for the prevention of heartworm disease Dirofilaria immitis. It contains esafoxolaner, an aryl isoxazoline; eprinomectin, an...
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pyrantel. It is used for prevention of heartworm disease caused by Dirofilaria immitis; treat and prevent flea infestations; treat and control tick infestations...
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proved that this was the mode of transmission using a related worm, Dirofilaria immitis, and generated adult worms in experimentally infected dogs. In 1921...
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disease infecting dogs and sheep. Heartworm disease is caused by Dirofilaria immitis, which uses the mosquito as its vector. Heartworms live in the pulmonary...
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usually infests wild animals, but can be deadly to humans, as well. Dirofilaria immitis is known for causing heartworm disease by inhabiting the hearts,...
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is indicated for the prevention of heartworm disease caused by Dirofilaria immitis in dogs and cats. Imidacloprid/moxidectin kills adult fleas (Ctenocephalides...
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abdomen. Of the filariae, the heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) and Dirofilaria repens are zoonotic agents. D. immitis rarely causes disease in humans, although...
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In the past, healthcare providers used a provocative injection of Dirofilaria immitis as a skin-test antigen for filariasis diagnosis. If the patient was...
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Brown. ISBN 978-0-697-26071-0. Wheeler, Lance. "File:Microfilaria of Dirofilaria immitis (Heartworms) Surrounded by Neoplastic Lymphocytes". Flickr. Retrieved...
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prevention of infection from hookworm (Ancylostoma caninum), heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis), roundworms, whipworms (Trichuris vulpis), and ascarids (Toxocara...
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their life cycles are said to have complex or indirect life cycles. Dirofilaria immitis, or the heartworm, has an indirect life cycle, for example. The microfilariae...
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Cryptosporidiosis Cuterebriasis Diabetes in cats Diaphragmatic hernia Dirofilaria immitis Dry eye syndrome Ectopia lentis Eosinophilic granuloma Fading kitten...
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Valley fever virus to livestock species and humans. The nematode worm Dirofilaria immitis that causes heartworm disease in dogs is transmitted by species of...
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the parasitic worm Diphyllobothrium mansonoides, and the nematodes Dirofilaria immitis, Capillaria aerophila, Physaloptera sp., Strongyloides sp. and others...
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viruses including Venezuelan equine encephalitis and can transmit Dirofilaria immitis. It resides in the Americas and is known to bite mammals, reptiles...
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conorii causes Mediterranean spotted fever. Mosquitoes (Culicidae): Dirofilaria immitis and D. repens cause dirofilariasis. Other parasites: Toxocara canis...
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can be dangerous to pregnant women. Dirofilariasis is caused by Dirofilaria immitis through mosquitoes infected by mammals like dogs and cats. Cat-scratch...
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Microfilaria of Dirofilaria immitis (heartworms) in a lymph node impression smear from a dog with lymphoma. This baby nematode is snuggled down in a pillow...
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Carlin, Ellen P. (2009). "Prevalence and geographic distribution of Dirofilaria immitis, Borrelia burgdorferi, Ehrlichia canis, and Anaplasma phagocytophilum...
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infected raw fish. In Hungary, some jackals carry dog heartworm Dirofilaria immitis, and some have provided the first record in Hungary of Trichinella...
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