Sentences with phrase «in filarial»

Mak JW, Yen PK, Lim KC, Ramiah N. (1980) Zoonotic implications of cats and dogs in filarial transmission in Peninsula Malaysia.

Not exact matches

Clinical samples from two groups of individuals from the south Pacific island of Mauke and from Ecuador — one group infected with filarial worms causing lymphatic filariasis and a second group infected with intestinal roundworms Ascaris — revealed increased levels of resistin in the infected individuals compared to those who were uninfected or immune.

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

At the present time, heartworm disease caused by the filarial helminth Dirofilaria immitis is not endemic in most of the European countries (Greeve et al., 1983; Schrey, 1996).

When fixed using 2 per cent formalin, microfilariae of D. immitis are 262 - 338 mm in length and 4 - 6,2 mm in width (Schrey, 1996), distinguishing them from the non-pathogenic filarial larvae of A. reconditum which are shorter and thinner (241 - 287 mm x 3,8 - 5 mm).

First, the introduction of melarsomine dihydrochloride in the mid-1990s revolutionized the treatment of adult heartworm infection by providing superior efficacy via intramuscular administration.1 The next great leap forward in heartworm treatment came with the discovery that some filarial worms harbor a type of bacteria, Wolbachia, and that elimination of these bacteria proved beneficial to the animal and reduced the complications of disease.2