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...

subgenera, Dirofilaria and Nochtiella. Some species are well-known parasites, including Dirofilaria immitis, the dog heartworm, Dirofilaria repens, which...

Mansonella ozzardi, which occupy the serous cavity of the abdomen. Dirofilaria immitis, the dog heartworm, rarely infects humans. The adult worms, which...

Chikungunya fever, as well as several filarial nematodes such as Dirofilaria immitis. Aedes albopictus is capable of hosting the Zika virus and is considered...

Center for Veterinary Medicine for the treatment of adult heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) infection in dogs. It is not approved for treatment in cats, or...

the chest. It can be caused by:[citation needed] Dirofilaria immitis Dirofilaria repens Dirofilaria tenuis Dirofilariasis is often diagnosed by the examination...

infection. The parasite can be Ascaris, Strongyloides stercoralis, or Dirofilaria immitis which can enter the body through contact with the soil. The symptoms...

proved that this was the mode of transmission using a related worm, Dirofilaria immitis, and generated adult worms in experimentally infected dogs. In 1921...

disease infecting dogs and sheep. Heartworm disease is caused by Dirofilaria immitis, which uses the mosquito as its vector. Heartworms live in the pulmonary...

vector of the parasite to reach its definitive host. For example, Dirofilaria immitis, the heartworm of dogs, uses the mosquito as its intermediate host...