Sentences with phrase «filarial parasites»

Point - of - care quantification of blood - borne filarial parasites with a mobile phone microscope

But they do know that another filarial parasite of humans, Onchocerca volvulus, is very similar to the dog heartworm.

Not exact matches

External mites (acariasis) are not a big problem in chameleons so I will limit this discussion to intestinal parasites, hemoparasites (in the blood) and lungworms, with a brief mention of subcutaneous filarial worms.

The mosquito - borne parasite Dirofilaria immitis is known to infect multiple species, including dogs, cats, ferrets, wolves, coyotes, foxes, sea lions, and even humans.1 Canids, including dogs, are the definitive hosts, while cats are viewed as aberrant or atypical hosts.1 Unlike dogs, in North and South America, D immitis is the only filarial disease that infects cats.2

Dirofilaria repens is a zoonotic filarial nematode parasite of dogs, cats and wild carnivores transmitted by mosquitoes (Pampiglione et al., 1995).