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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 94, No. 5, 1999, pp. 587-590
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Bioline Code: oc99108
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 94, No. 5, 1999, pp. 587-590
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Survey of Canine Heartworm in the City of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Leucio Câmara Alves; Leila Vânia de Almeida Silva; Maria Aparecida da Gloria Faustino; John Wilson McCall; Prasit Supakonderj; Norma Wolmer Labarthe; Milton Sanchez & Ortiz Caires
Abstract
Six hundred and eleven random-source dogs (338 male, 273 female) one year of age or older, from six sections of the city of Recife, Pernambuco, were examined antemortem for circulating microfilariae Dirofilaria immitis and Dipetalonema reconditum adult heartworm (D. immitis) antigen, and examined postmortem for adult heartworms. The prevalence of heartworm infection was 2.3% (14/611), as determined by necropsy for adult worms, and 1% (6/611) had circulating microfilariae of D. immitis; thus, 57.1% of the heartworm-infected dogs had occult infections. The results of serological testing indicated that 1.3% (8/611) of the dogs were positive for adult heartworm antigen. A total of 42 (6.9%) of the dogs had microfilariae of D. reconditum; 40 of these had only D. reconditum and two additional dogs had microfilariae of both species, D. immitis and D. reconditum.
Keywords
dirofilariasis - irofilaria immitis - heartworm - Recife - Brazil
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