Dirofilariasis is a zoonotic disease caused by Dirofilaria immitis, a nematode found mainly in the pulmonary artery and right chambers of the heart, lungs, and large vessels of dogs. This parasitism also occasionally occurs in cats, causing an amicrofilaremic and asymptomatic infection, resulting in seve...
Abstract Cats are less susceptible to Dirofilaria immitis infection than dogs. Although rare, the feline disease can be fatal even with low parasitic loads. The infection is often asymptomatic or has non-specific symptoms that are mainly associated with the death of immature worms. Microfilaremia is rare...
Abstract Heartworm disease is a health problem for dogs and cats, especially in tropical and subtropical coastal regions of the world. Some studies have compared the efficacy of the diagnostic techniques used to detect this parasitosis. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare parasitological opti...
Abstract Dirofilariasis is a little-known zoonosis, with dogs and cats as definitive hosts. It is caused by nematodes and transmitted by mosquito bites. We report the case of a 67-year-old man with a consumptive syndrome with two subpleural pulmonary opacities. A transthoracic lung biopsy revealed a Diro...
Canine Heartworm Disease (CHD) is a mosquito-borne disease caused by Dirofilaria immitis. In this study, two mature adult-senior dogs from a non-endemic area to CHD presented clinical signs suggestive to the disease. The first one presented skin lesions, loss of appetite, weakness, pale mucosa membrane, ...
A dirofilariose oculta constitui-se num grande problema diagnóstico e pode estar relacionada a: a) infecçöes pré-patentes; b) infecçöes causadas por vermes de um único sexo; c) esterilidade dos parasitas devido à idade ou induzida por açäo de drogas; d) resposta imune mediada. Avaliou-se, no pr...
La dirofilariasis pulmonar humana es una zoonosis transmitida por un mosquito del perro al hombre, que se presenta a nivel mundial. El presente artículo es el reporte del primer caso nacional de dirofilariasis pulmonar humana que se tenga conocimiento, donde se analiza el cuadro clínico, los exámenes ...