| dirofilaria immitis and its potential mosquito vectors in central new york state. | screening of 25,822 dog blood samples indicated approximately a 1% infection rate with dirofilaria immitis. dipetalonema reconditum microfilariae were found in approximately 2% of 1,876 feral dogs examined. laboratory experimentation indicated that 6 of 10 local mosquito species examined allowed successful extrinsic incubation of d immitis. indices of experimental infection indicated aedes triseriatus and anopheles quadrimaculatus were excellent hosts for d immitis, but other factors considered, ... | 1977 | 20828 |
| identification of avian malaria (plasmodium sp.) and canine heartworm (dirofilaria immitis) in the mosquitoes of tennessee. | plasmodium reticulum, the causative agent for avian malaria (a protozoan), and dirofilaria immitis, the causative agent for canine heartworm (a filarial nematode), are 2 obligate parasites transmitted by mosquitoes. the objective of this project was to identify whether either parasite was present in tennessee mosquitoes and to illustrate the need for collecting spatial and temporal vector-parasite data. during 2012, mosquitoes were collected from the east tennessee research and education center ... | 2014 | 24588536 |