Simple Summary Central America is a region that possesses distinct ecological and
socioeconomic characteristics, making it increasingly vulnerable to vector-borne diseases …

Companion vector-borne diseases (CVBDs) are an important threat for pet life, but may also
have an impact on human health, due to their often zoonotic character. The importance and …

Dirofilaria immitis is a parasitic filarial nematode responsible for heartworm disease in
domestic as well as wild canines and felines and pulmonary or cutaneous infections in …

Ticks have complex life cycles which involve blood-feeding stages found on wild and
domestic animals, with humans as accidental hosts. At each blood-feeding stage, ticks can …

Simple Summary The risk of transmission of pathogen-infected ticks by dogs and cats
transported by humans has increased substantially in recent decades due to the rise in …

Ehrlichia canis is the etiologic agent of a highly prevalent tick-borne disease, canine
monocytic ehrlichiosis (CME). Four defined E. canis genotypes based on the trp36 gene …

The first molecular screening for Rickettsia, Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, Borrelia, Babesia and
Hepatozoon was carried out in questing Ixodes cf. boliviensis and Ixodes tapirus from …

The heartworm Dirofilaria immitis is the causative agent of cardiopulmonary dirofilariosis in
dogs and cats and also infects humans. The current knowledge about this parasite in South …

Objectives Canine dirofilariasis is a mosquito borne zoonotic filarial parasitic disease
caused by Dirofilaria species. In Sri Lanka, human dirofilariasis is endemic and well …

Methods: Blood was collected from 1050 dogs in 1039 houses during a random household
survey performed in 2016 and 2017. Genomic DNA was extracted and assayed by …