| prevalence of dirofilaria immitis (spirurida: onchocercidae) infection in aedes, culex, and culiseta mosquitoes from north san joaquin valley, ca. | canine heartworm is one of the most serious infections primarily affecting domestic dogs but will also infect cats and wild canids. to evaluate the potential of mosquitoes as vectors of dog heartworm, dirofilaria immitis (leidy) in san joaquin county, ca, we collected mosquitoes in 2011 and analyzed for infection with heartworm by using polymerase chain reaction. of 3,000 mosquito pools (total number of specimens = 36,554), d. immitis dna was detected in 97 pools of seven species, and the overal ... | 2013 | 24843938 |