%0 Journal Article
%T Mosquito-borne heartworm Dirofilaria immitis in dogs from Australia
%A Andrea Casteriano
%A Chloe Nguyen
%A Christopher Godfrey
%A David Emery
%A Graeme Brown
%A Jan £¿lapeta
%A Niek Beijerink
%A Wei Ling Koh
%J Archive of "Parasites & Vectors".
%D 2016
%R 10.1186/s13071-016-1821-x
%X Heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) in dogs is considered endemic in Australia, but the clinical heartworm disease caused by the heartworm is rare and prevalence is low. The mainstream prevention of the heartworm is based on macrocyclic lactone (ML) administration. The aim of this study was to confirm endemism of the heartworm under current Australian conditions using a cohort of recent microfilaria-positive dogs which were on variable heartworm prevention
%K Dirofilaria immitis
%K Acanthocheilonema reconditum
%K Drug resistance
%K PCR
%K Knott¡¯s test
%K High resolution melt qPCR
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5055658/