| [canine dirofilariasis in the canton of ticino and in the neighboring areas of northern italy]. | the distribution of canine dirofilariosis in southern ticino (switzerland) and in the neighbouring provinces of varese and como (italy) was investigated. blood samples were collected from 308 dogs which had remained in the local area and were outdoor-housed, older than 1.5 years and had not been treated previously with preventive or microfilaricidal drugs. microfilariae of dirofilaria immitis and d. repens were found in 33 (10.7%) and 17 (5.5%) dogs, respectively. ten more dogs (3.2%) tested pos ... | 2001 | 11293933 |
| distribution and ecology of mosquitoes in a focus of dirofilariasis in northwestern iran, with the first finding of filarial larvae in naturally infected local mosquitoes. | a study of the distribution and ecology of mosquitoes (diptera: culicidae) in ardebil province of northwestern iran, with special reference to the known dirofilariasis focus in meshkinshahr county, was carried out in july-august 2005 and april-october 2006. in total, 17,533 adult mosquitoes and 3090 third- and fourth-instar larvae were collected on 14 occasions and identified using morphological characters and dna sequence data. twenty species belonging to seven genera were found: anopheles clav ... | 2009 | 19493192 |
| development of dirofilaria immitis and dirofilaria repens in aedes japonicus and aedes geniculatus. | the mosquito-borne filarial nematodes dirofilaria immitis and dirofilaria repens primarily affect dogs but also cats, causing heartworm disease or subcutaneous dirofilariosis, respectively, and both may also cause zoonotic diseases in humans. several mosquito species have been reported as competent vectors for these nematodes, but no data are available for the invasive mosquito species aedes japonicus (theobald, 1901). the objective of this study was to describe the development of both d. immiti ... | 2017 | 28219407 |