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Dirofilaria immitis: The dog heartworm.
Distribution Paleartic, Neartic, Oriental, Ethiopian, Neotropical, Australian, Oceanic Islands : Found on a world-wide basis, but very common in mild and warm climates
Dirofilaria immitis is found in Southern Europe, India, China, Japan, Australia and North and South America. (Aranda, Octavi, and Castella, June 1998; Soulsby, 1968)
Distribution. Throughout tropical and subtropical regions. Appears to be expanding its range into more temperate climates. In the USA, D. immitis has now been reported ...
Facts about Dirofilaria immitis, heartworm: mosquitos as vectors, life cycle, types of infection at MetaPathogen.
n. A filarial worm (Dirofilaria immitis) transmitted by mosquitoes and parasitic in the heart and associated blood vessels of dogs and other canids. The condition ...