Heartworm disease is caused
by the parasite Dirofilaria immitis, a type of roundworm that... → Read More: What You Need To Know About Heartworm Disease
AREAS OF THE U.S. AFFECTED BY HEARTWORM DISEASE HEARTWORM DISEASE, caused
by the parasite Dirofilaria immitis, has been diagnosed in all 50 states.
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Caused
by infestation of the
parasite Dirofilaria immitis, heartworms are transmitted
by mosquitoes and can affect any dog anywhere in the US.
Several hundred cases of subcutaneous infections in humans have been reported in Europe, but these are almost always caused
by another closely related
parasite,
Dirofilaria repens, rather than the dog heartworm.
Caused
by the
parasite «
Dirofilaria immitis», heartworm disease is actually a type of roundworm that settles inside the blood vessels in the lungs as well as inside the heart.
Heartworms (
Dirofilaria immitis) are nematode
parasites which are transmitted
by mosquitoes.
Although less common than other worms, heartworm disease is a serious, life - threatening infection of the heart caused
by the adult stage of the
parasite Dirofilaria immitis.
It is caused
by the adult stage of the
parasite Dirofilaria immitis.
Heartworm disease is caused
by infestation with
Dirofilaria immitis, a
parasite that primarily infects dogs and other canids.
Dirofilaria repens is a zoonotic filarial nematode
parasite of dogs, cats and wild carnivores transmitted
by mosquitoes (Pampiglione et al., 1995).
It is caused
by a blood - borne
parasite known as
Dirofilaria immitis.
Heartworm disease is transmitted through the bite of a mosquito infected
by a
parasite (
Dirofilaria immtis.)
Heartworm disease refers to infection
by Dirofilaria immitis, which are
parasites that live in the right heart, chambers, the pulmonary arteries and, in severe cases, the vena caval and liver veins.
Heartworms (
Dirofilaria immitis) are blood
parasites that are transmitted
by mosquitoes in much the same way malaria is spread in people.
Canine heartworm disease develops when a dog is bitten
by a mosquito carrying microscopic heartworm larvae (juvenile worms) of a
parasite called
Dirofilaria immitis.
It is caused
by the blood
parasite Dirofilaria immitis, with immature heartworms transmitted to healthy animals
by mosquitos that have recently ingested blood from an infected animal.
It is caused
by a blood - borne
parasite called
Dirofilaria immitis which resides in the arteries of the heart, lungs and the adjacent blood vessels of infected cats, dogs and other mammalian species.
Heartworm Facts Heartworm is caused
by a
parasite that scientists have given the obscure name
Dirofilaria immitis that is found pretty much in the entire United States.