Molecular detection of Dirofilaria immitis in dogs and mosquitoes in Tabasco, Mexico

Molecular detection of Dirofilaria immitis in dogs and mosquitoes in Tabasco, Mexico

Dirofilaria immitis is a filarial nematode that causes heartworm disease in domestic as well as wild canines and felines; and cutaneous or pulmonary infections in humans. The purpose of the study was to estimate the prevalence of D. immitis in domestic dogs in Tabasco, Mexico and to assay mosquitoes temporally and spatially associated with dogs for evidence of infection.

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Main Authors: OSWALDO MARGARITO TORRES CHABLE, CARLOS MARCIAL BAAK BAAK, NOHEMI CIGARROA TOLEDO, Bradley Blitvich, Ligia Guadalupe Brito Argáez, Yessenia Noemi Alvarado Kantún, CLAUDIA VIRGINIA ZARAGOZA VERA, GUADALUPE ARJONA JIMENEZ, LLUVIA GUADALUPE MORENO PEREZ, PABLO MEDINA PEREZ, CARLOS IGNACIO MACHAIN WILLIAMS, JULIAN EVERARDO GARCIA REJON
Format: info:eu-repo/semantics/article biblioteca
Language:eng
Subjects:info:eu-repo/classification/Autores/CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS, info:eu-repo/classification/Autores/DIROFILARIA IMMITIS, info:eu-repo/classification/Autores/DOG, info:eu-repo/classification/Autores/MEXICO, info:eu-repo/classification/Autores/MOSQUITO, info:eu-repo/classification/Autores/ONCHOCERCIDAE, info:eu-repo/classification/cti/2,
Online Access:http://cicy.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1003/1541
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Summary:Dirofilaria immitis is a filarial nematode that causes heartworm disease in domestic as well as wild canines and felines; and cutaneous or pulmonary infections in humans. The purpose of the study was to estimate the prevalence of D. immitis in domestic dogs in Tabasco, Mexico and to assay mosquitoes temporally and spatially associated with dogs for evidence of infection.

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